Seedtime of the Republic: The Origin of the American Tradition of Political LibertyHarcourt, Brace, 1953 - 558 pages Interpretive account of; the colonial experiences and political philosophny which gave use to the American Revolution. |
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... social attitudes on the evolution of self - government and of a libertarian faith . Social problems and attitudes and their influence on political liberty are the concern of this chapter . We shall confine it to a hard core of ...
... social attitudes on the evolution of self - government and of a libertarian faith . Social problems and attitudes and their influence on political liberty are the concern of this chapter . We shall confine it to a hard core of ...
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... social feeling was low yet steadily rising . It was low in the colonies principally because it was low in the countries from which the colonists had come , because they , too , were children of a world that was crude , callous ...
... social feeling was low yet steadily rising . It was low in the colonies principally because it was low in the countries from which the colonists had come , because they , too , were children of a world that was crude , callous ...
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... social order in the first half of the nineteenth century and to eliminate property as a condition for political ... social ladder seemed as much a challenge as an obstruction to the ambi- tious tradesman . Since wealth was the chief ...
... social order in the first half of the nineteenth century and to eliminate property as a condition for political ... social ladder seemed as much a challenge as an obstruction to the ambi- tious tradesman . Since wealth was the chief ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
Colonial Government and the Rise of Liberty | 12 |
Colonial Religion and the Rise of Liberty | 36 |
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