From many, one : readings in American political and social thought

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinopoli, Richard C.

Contributor:

Sinopoli, Richard C., Contributor.

Series:

Texts and Teaching/Politics, Policy, Administration series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--United States--History.

Political science--United States--History.

Religion and politics--United States--History.

Political science.

Civil rights.

Religion and politics.

Local Subjects:

Civil rights--United States--History.

Political science--United States--History.

Religion and politics--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington : Georgetown University Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unique among readers in American political and social thought, From Many, One is a broad and balanced anthology that explores the problem of diversity and American political identity throughout American history. From the classic texts of the American political tradition to diverse minority writings, this book offers a wide spectrum of ideas about identity, gender, immigration, race, and religion, and addresses how these issues relate to the concept of national unity. Covering the gamut of viewpoints from majority to minority, from conservative to radical, from assimilationist to separatist, th

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introductory Essay: From Many, One; PART I: American Unity and Diversity: Political Principles and National Identity; Editor's Introduction to Part 1; The Declaration of Independence: The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America In Congress, July 4, 1776; The Anti-Federalists: Brutus and Cato; The Federalist Papers (1787); ""Farewell Address"" (1796); ""Sleep Not Longer, O Choctaws and Chickasaws""; ""Father, Listen! The Americans Have Not Yet Defeated Us By Land""; ""A Disquisition on Government"" (1853)

""The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions"" Address Before the Springfield Young Men's Lyceum, January 27, 1838""Gettysburg Address"" (1863); ""The Significance of the Frontier in American History"" (1893); ""The Uniformity of American Life"" from The American Commonwealth (1908); Suggestions for Further Reading; PART II: Gender and Politics: Citizenship, Equality, and Difference; Editor's Introduction to Part II; Letters of Abigail and John Adams (1776); ""The Sentiments of an American Woman"" (1780); ""On the Equality of the Sexes"" (1790)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, et al., (Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions) Seneca Falls (1848)""A'n't I A Woman?"" (1851); ""Constitutional Argument"" (1872); ""Address to the Founding Convention of the The National American Woman Suffrage Association"" (1890); ""Woman Suffrage"" (1917); The National Organization for Women, ""Statement of Purpose"" (1966); ""Feminism: A Movement to End Sexist Oppression"" (1984); ""The Sexual Politics of the First Amendment"" (1986); Suggestions for Further Reading

PART III: Immigration and National Identity: From the Melting Pot to Multiculturalism; Editor's Introduction to Part III; ""Letters From an American Farmer,"" (1782); ""Report on the Resolutions . . . Concerning the Alien and Sedition Acts"" (1799); ""America for Americans"" and ""The Silent Scourge"" (1855); ""True Americanism"" (1897); ""Democracy Versus the Melting-Pot: A Study of American Nationality"" (1915); ""Nationalizing Education,"" Address to the National Education Association (1916); Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944); Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982)

""Multiculturalism and Individualism"" (1994)Suggestions for Further Reading; PART IV: Race and Politics: Two Americas or One?; Editor's Introduction to Part IV; ""An Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlements in America Upon Slave-Keeping"" (1773); ""Slavery in Massachusetts"" (1854); ""Cannibals All! Or, Slaves Without Masters"" (1857); ""Second Inaugural Address"" (1865); ""Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln"" (1876); ""The Conservation of Races"" (1897); ""On Being Ashamed of Oneself"" (1933); ""Democracy and Education"" (1896); ""The Negro and his Weakness"" (1935)

""Be King of Circumstances"" (1935)

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ISBN:

9781589018129

1589018125

9780585304618

0585304610

OCLC:

829461108