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John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty
C. Bradley Thompson
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Description for John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty
Paperback. An examination of the political thought of John Adams. The author seeks to reconstruct the contours and influences of Adams's mental universe, the ideas he challenged, the problems he considered central to constitution-making, and the methods of his reasoning. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
America's finest eighteenth-century student of political science, John Adams is also the least studied of the Revolution's key figures. By the time he became our second president, no American had written more about our government and not even Jefferson or Madison had read as widely about questions of human nature, natural right, political organization, and constitutional construction. Yet this staunch constitutionalist is perceived by many as having become reactionary in his later years and his ideas have been largely disregarded.
In the first major work on Adams's political thought in over thirty years, C. Bradley Thompson takes issue with ... Read more
America's finest eighteenth-century student of political science, John Adams is also the least studied of the Revolution's key figures. By the time he became our second president, no American had written more about our government and not even Jefferson or Madison had read as widely about questions of human nature, natural right, political organization, and constitutional construction. Yet this staunch constitutionalist is perceived by many as having become reactionary in his later years and his ideas have been largely disregarded.
In the first major work on Adams's political thought in over thirty years, C. Bradley Thompson takes issue with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
American Political Thought
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700611812
SKU
V9780700611812
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About C. Bradley Thompson
C. Bradley Thompson is associate professor of history and political science at Ashland University.
Reviews for John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty
An important book. Thompson illuminates the sources and importance of Adams's political theory and convincingly demonstrates that Adams earned a place among America's greatest political thinkers. - American Historical Review ""This is intellectual history as it should be written: powerful and penetrating, compelling and convincing."" - Times Literary Supplement