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[Alan Gibson] ☆ Understanding the Founding: The Crucial Questions, 2nd Edition (American Political Thought) ↠ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Understanding the Founding: The Crucial Questions, 2nd Edition (American Political Thought) For each approach, Gibson traces its fundamental assumptions, revealing deeper ideological and methodological differences between schools of thought that, on the surface, seem to differ only about the interpretation of historical facts.While previous accounts have treated the study of the Founding as the sequential replacement of one paradigm by another, Gibson argues that all of these interpretations survive as alternative and still viable approaches. For this new edition, Gibson has revised an
| Title | : | Understanding the Founding: The Crucial Questions, 2nd Edition (American Political Thought) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.65 (660 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0700617523 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 430 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
"A lucid and often trenchant analysis of some of the most persistent questions surrounding the nation's founding." --Historian
For each approach, Gibson traces its fundamental assumptions, revealing deeper ideological and methodological differences between schools of thought that, on the surface, seem to differ only about the interpretation of historical facts.While previous accounts have treated the study of the Founding as the sequential replacement of one paradigm by another, Gibson argues that all of these interpretations survive as alternative and still viable approaches. For this new edition, Gibson has revised and updated his study, includ
. He is also the author of Interpreting the Founding: Guide to the Enduring Debates over the Origins and Foundations of the American Republic. Alan Gibson is associate professor of political science at California State University-Chico and has been a Fellow at the James Madison Program of Ideals and Institutions at Princeton
Carol Crystle said What Historians have to say about the Founding. This book does not set out to tell the story of the founding itself, but rather devotes successive chapters to historians' interpretations of what the founding was "really" about. The author, a professor of history, is an obvious master of the material, which, despite its scholarly and sometimes rarified nature, he presents in a clear readable fashion. Of particular interest is the chapter on the debate started by Charles Beard on an economic interpretation of the founders' motives in writing the Constitution. Although Beard's views were refuted by historical facts back in the 1950s, many
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