Overview
In this volume distinguished historians and political scientists examine political discourse during that short span of years from the Revolution through ratification, a period of profound political and conceptual change. The concepts of "sovereignty," "representation," "liberty," "virtue," "republic," "democracy"--even "constitution" itself--were virtually recoined. Others, like "federalism," were new inventions. Out of the vehement political arguments and debates of the period came not only a new Constitution but a new political vocabulary--a political idiom that was distinctly recognizably American.
- | Author: Terence Ball
- | Publisher: University Press of Kansas
- | Publication Date: Sep 15, 1998
- | Number of Pages: 232 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0700603697
- | ISBN-13: 9780700603695
