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| 附加的形体格式: | Online version: West, Thomas G., 1945- Vindicating the founders. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c1997 (OCoLC)605181718 Online version: West, Thomas G., 1945- Vindicating the founders. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c1997 (OCoLC)609227023 |
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| 文件类型: | 书 |
| 所有的著者/提供者: |
Thomas G West |
| ISBN: | 0847685179 9780847685172 0847685160 9780847685165 |
| OCLC号码: | 36800619 |
| 描述: | xv, 219 p. ; 24 cm. |
| 内容: | 1. Slavery -- 2. Property Rights -- 3. Women and the Right to Vote -- 4. Women and the Family -- 5. Was the Founding Undemocratic? The Property Requirement for Voting -- 6. Poverty and Welfare -- 7. Immigration and the Moral Conditions of Citizenship. |
| 责任: | Thomas G. West. |
摘要:
It is commonly, but incorrectly, asserted that because Washington and Jefferson owned slaves, because women, even after the American Revolution, enjoyed virtually no rights, and because the poor and those without property were denied the basic tenets of democratic participation, the Founders were frauds who never really believed that "all men were created equal." West demonstrates why such politically correct interpretations are not only dead wrong, but dangerous. Because our understanding of the Founders so profoundly influences our opinion of contemporary America, this book explains why their views, and particularly the constitutional order they created, are still worthy of our highest respect. West proves that the Founders were indeed sincere in their belief of universal human rights and in their commitment to democracy. By contrasting the Founders' ideas of liberty and equality with today's, West persuasively concludes that contemporary notions bear almost no resemblance to the concepts originally articulated by the Founders.
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- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
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- Constitutional history -- United States.
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- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
- Right of property -- United States -- History.
- Women's rights -- United States -- History.
- Founding Fathers.
- Politieke ideeën.
- Rassen (mens)
- Sekseverschillen.
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