The first American Constitutions : Republican ideology and the making of the State constitutions in the Revolutionary era / Willi Paul Adams ; translated by Rita and Robert Kimber ; with a foreword by Richard B. Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Willi Paul, 1940-

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

United States--History.

United States.

States' rights (American politics).

Civil Rights.

civil rights.

Medical Subjects:

Civil Rights.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 351 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, ©1980.

Language Note:

Translation and revision of Republikanische Verfassung und bürgerliche Freiheit.

Contents:

Introduction

Government by Congresses and Committees, 1773-1776

The Role of the Continental Congress, 1775-1776

"Choosing Deputies to Form a Government": The Making of the First State Constitutions

"Republic" and "Democracy" in Political Rhetoric

Forms versus Principles of Government: Harnessing Enlightenment Ideas to Anglo-American Institutions

Popular Sovereignty

Liberty

Equality

Property

The Common Good

Representation

The Separation of Powers

Federalism

Appendixes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Translation and revision of Republikanische Verfassung und bürgerliche Freiheit.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-333) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Adams, Willi Paul, 1940- First American Constitutions.

ISBN:

0807813885

9780807813881

OCLC:

4774846

Online:

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