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Author Sinopoli, Richard C.

Title The foundations of American citizenship : liberalism, the Constitution, and civic virtue / Richard C. Sinopoli.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
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Description 1 online resource (215 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-209) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction: The Constitutional Founders' Liberalism and Civic Virtue; I: Problems and Predecessors; 2. Liberal Community and Civic Virtue: An Analysis; 3. John Locke: Acting on Natural Law Duties and the Problem of Civic Motivations; 4. The Psychology of Citizenship: The Scottish Connection; II: The Constitutional Founders' Theories of Citizenship; 5. The Federalist: Liberal Commitments; 6. Publius's Liberalism and Civic Virtue; 7. The Anti-Federalists and Civic Virtue; 8. Conclusion: American Citizenship Viewed from the Founding; Appendix: A Note on Method; Notes; Index; A; B.
Summary This study explores the political world view of the individuals who created the American Revolution, focusing on their new conceptions of citizenship as expressed in the debates over the ratification in the USA of the 1787 Constitution.
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Subject Political science -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Political science.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Citizenship -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Citizenship.
Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Liberalism.
Chronological Term 1700 - 1799
Indexed Term Liberalism History
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Sinopoli, Richard C. Foundations of American citizenship. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 (DLC) 91025505
ISBN 9780195361315 (electronic book)
0195361318 (electronic book)
1280525878
9781280525872
0195070674 (Cloth)

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