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Devising liberty : preserving and creating freedom in the new American Republic / edited by David Thomas Konig.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Konig, David Thomas, 1947-
American Council of Learned Societies.
Series:
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Making of modern freedom
The making of modern freedom Devising liberty
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Civil rights--United States--History.
Civil rights.
United States--Politics and government--1789-1815.
United States.
United States--Economic policy--To 1933.
United States--Social policy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 383 p. )
Place of Publication:
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1995.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
Introduction
1: Political Economy and the Creation of the Federal Republic
2: The Expanding Union
3: Land and Liberty on the Post-Revolutionary Frontier
4: The Meaning of Freedom for Waterfront Workers
5: The Idea of an Informed Citizenry in the Early Republic
6: Jurisprudence and Social Policy in the New Republic
7: From the Bonds of Empire to the Bonds of Matrimony
8: The Second Great Awakening and the Market Revolution
9: The Problem of Slavery in Southern Political Discourse
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-372) and index.
Publisher Number:
2027/heb00061 hdl

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