Conceptual Change and the Constitution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780700603695)

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
ISBN-10: 0700603697
ISBN-13: 9780700603695
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Language: English
Published: 09/15/1998
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.12w x 0.59d