Many reference works offer compilations of critical documents
covering individual liberty, local autonomy, constitutional order,
and other issues that helped to shape the American political
tradition. Yet few of those works are available in a form suitable
for classroom use, and traditional textbooks give short shrift to
these important issues."The American Republic" overcomes that
knowledge gap by providing, in a single volume, critical, original
documents revealing the character of American discourse on the
nature and importance of local government, the purposes of federal
union, and the role of religion and tradition in forming America's
drive for liberty."The American Republic" is divided into nine
sections, each illustrating major philosophical, cultural, and
policy positions at issue during crucial eras of American
development. Readers will find documentary evidence of the purposes
behind European settlement, American response to English acts, the
pervasive role of religion in early American public life, and
perspectives in the debate over independence.Subsequent chapters
examine the roots of American constitutionalism, Federalist and
Anti-Federalist arguments concerning the need to protect common law
rights, and the debates over whether the states or the federal
government held final authority in determining the course of public
policy in America. Also included are the discussions regarding
disagreements over internal improvements and other federal measures
aimed at binding the nation, particularly in the area of
commerce.The final section focuses on the political, cultural, and
legal issues leading to the Civil War. Arguments and attempted
compromises regarding slavery, along with laws that helped shape
slavery, are highlighted. The volume ends with the prelude to the
Civil War, a natural stopping-off point for studies of early
American history.By bringing together key original documents and
other writings that explain cultural, religious, and historical
concerns, this volume gives students, teachers, and general readers
an effective way to begin examining the diversity of issues and
influences that characterize American history. The result
unquestionably leads to a deeper and more thorough understanding of
America's political, institutional, and cultural continuity and
change.Bruce P. Frohnen is Associate Professor of Law at Ohio
Northern University College of Law. He holds a J.D. from the Emory
University School of Law and a Ph.D. in Government from Cornell
University.
Click here to print or download "The American Republic" index.
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