A Better Guide Than Reason : Federalists and Anti-federalists / M.E. Bradford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradford, M. E., author.

Series:

The Library of Conservative Thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Declaration of Independence.

United States.

Political science--United States--History--18th century.

Political science.

United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.

Summary:

"In this seminal volume, M.E. Bradford defines the Old Whig political tradition in American thought, showing that the inheritance of the prescriptive anti-federalists still lives. For Bradford, important elements in our heritage from the American Revolution have been systematically hidden from our view by anachronistic and partisan scholarship. He believes that other, more ideological components have been emphasized at the expense of the rest. Here he attempts to return us to our heritage."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter Word From the Forks of the Creek: the Revolution and the Populist Heritage / M. E. Bradford Russell Kirk

chapter A Teaching for Republicans: Roman History and the Nation's First Identity / M. E. Bradford Russell Kirk

chapter The Heresy of Equality: A Reply to Harry Jaffa / M. E. Bradford Russell Kirk

chapter No Master but the Law: The Legacy of William Henry Drayton / M. E. Bradford Russell Kirk

chapter A Better Guide than Reason: The Politics of John Dickinson / M. E. Bradford Russell Kirk

chapter According to their Genius: Politics and The Example of Patrick Henry / M. E. Bradford Russell Kirk

chapter Lincoln, the Declaration, and Secular Puritanism: A Rhetoric for Continuing Revolution / M. E. Bradford Russell Kirk

chapter Franklin and Jefferson: The Making and Binding of Self / M. E. Bradford Russell Kirk

chapter All to do Over: The Revolutionary Precedent and the Secession of 1861 / M. E. Bradford Russell Kirk

chapter First Fathers: The Colonial Origins of the Southern Tradition / M. E. Bradford Russell Kirk

chapter A Proper Patrimony: Russell Kirk and America's Moral Genealogy / M. E. Bradford Russell Kirk.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780138736883

1-351-27368-X

1-351-27366-3

9781351273688

OCLC:

1004180293