The Nation That Never Was : Reconstructing America's Story /

Our idea of the Founders' America and its values is not true. We are not the heirs of the Founders, but we can be the heirs of Reconstruction and its vision for equality. There's a common story we tell about America: that our fundamental values as a country were stated in the Declaration o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roosevelt III, Kermit (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2022]
Temas:
Constitutional history > United States.
Equality > United States.
Slavery > United States.
HISTORY / General.
constitutional law, legal systems, legality, lawyers, united states of america, usa, american society, history, historical context, equality, inequality, justice, abraham lincoln, gettysburg address, civil war, slavery, slaves, equity, reinterpretation, reconstruction, nation, liberty, racism, race, oppression, freedom, repudiation, politics, political science, improvement, influences, perspective, independence, founding fathers, presumptions, constitution.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Stories of America
  • 2 Questioning the Standard Story: Dissenters
  • 3 The Exclusive Declaration
  • 4 The Ambiguous Revolution
  • 5 The Geostrategic Constitution
  • 6 The Story of Continuity
  • 7 The March of the Declaration
  • 8 Why We Tell the Standard Story
  • 9 Why We Shouldn't Tell the Standard Story
  • 10 Magic Tricks and Revolutions
  • 11 Why, How, and Who We Are
  • 12 Redemption Songs: Inclusive Equality and Exclusive Individualism in Modern America
  • 13 The Better Story
  • Bibliographical Essay
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes

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