1st Edition

A History of American Political Theories

Edited By Charles Merriam Copyright 2008
428 Pages
by Routledge

428 Pages
by Routledge

392 Pages
by Routledge

A History of American Political Theories is a comprehensive attempt to understand the full sweep of American political thought since the founding. Working within the liberal-progressive tradition, Merriam reviewed American political history in its entirety, from the founding down to his own day. He was not out to reduce political thought to a single element such as economics alone; his aim was to... Read more
1: The Political Theory of the Colonists; 2: The Political Theory of the Revolutionary Period; 3: The Reactionary Movement; 4: The Jeffersonian Democracy; 5: The Jacksonian Democracy; 6: The Political Theory of the Slavery Controversy; 7: Political Theory in Relation to the Nature of the Union; 8: Recent Tendencies; 9: Conclusion

Biography

Charles Merriam