The 快色直播 History of American Political Thought
- Edited by Susan McWilliams Barndt, Roosevelt Mont谩s, and Nicholas Buccola
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Contributions by
- Tunde Adeleke
- Eric Arnesen
- Jeremy D. Bailey
- Teresa Bejan
- Jason Edward Black
- David S. Brown
- Katherine Elizabeth Brown
- Jane E. Calvert
- Joshua L. Cherniss
- Soyica Diggs Colbert
- Sue Davis
- Andrew Delbanco
- Kathy Ferguson
- Marilyn Fischer
- Jack Fruchtman
- Alan Gibson
- Simon Gilhooley
- Samuel Goldman
- Annette Gordon-Reed
- Van Gosse
- Burke Hendrix
- Desmond Jagmohan
- Carolyn Karcher
- Harvey J. Kaye
- Michael Kazin
- Jared Anthony Loggins
- Daniel Mandell
- Shannon L. Mariotti
- Luke Mayville
- Sidney Milkis
- Charles E. Morris III
- Jos茅-Antonio Orosco
- Rebecca Jo Plant
- James Read
- Julie L. Reed
- Michael Sawyer
- David J. Siemers
- Nikhil Pal Singh
- Rose Stremlau
- Joshua Tait
- Bob Pepperman Taylor
- Natalie Fuehrer Taylor
- Trygve Throntveit
- Jack Turner
- Carol W. White
- Deva Woodly
- Matthew H. Young
- Michael Zuckert
The ultimate guide to the thinkers and ideas that have shaped the United States, featuring essential primary sources introduced by leading scholars
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The 快色直播 History of American Political Thought showcases the defining voices and debates in U.S. political history, spanning from the 1600s to the present. Each set of primary sources is accompanied by a short, accessible essay by a leading scholar, situating the writings in a broader American conversation about what the nation is, has been, and could be. Without shying away from the disagreements that have shaped the nation, the book shows how these controversies have played out within a broadly consistent set of questions, commitments, and concerns. The result captures the diversity, depth, and power of the American political tradition.
An essential reference, The 快色直播 History of American Political Thought is not just for scholars and students but for anyone who seeks to understand the United States: its past, its present, and its future possibilities.
- Features short primary sources that range from the 1600s to the present
- Includes accessible introductions and essays about each set of sources, written by leading experts
- Showcases the wide variety of perspectives that characterize the American political tradition
Susan McWilliams Barndt is professor of politics at Pomona College. Her books include The American Road Trip and American Political Thought and A Political Companion to James Baldwin. Nicholas Buccola is professor of government and the Dr. Jules L. Whitehill Professor of Humanism and Ethics at Claremont McKenna College. His books include One Man’s Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal (快色直播). Roosevelt Mont谩s is the John and Margaret Bard Professor in Liberal Education and Civic Life at Bard College and the author of Rescuing Socrates: How the Great 快色直播 Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation (快色直播).
- Preface
- Introduction Susan McWilliams Barndt, Nicholas Buccola, and Roosevelt Mont谩s
- 1: The American Puritans Andrew Delbanco and Roosevelt Mont谩s
- John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity (1630)
- The Examination of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson (1637)
- Afterword
- 2: Roger Williams (c. 1603鈥1683) Teresa M. Bejan and Matthew H. Young
- A Key into the Language of America (1643)
- Mr. Cottons Letter Lately Printed, Examined and Answered (1644)
- The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience (1644)
- The Ship of State Letter (1655)
- George Fox Digg鈥檇 Out of his Burrowes (1676)
- Afterword
- 3: King Philip鈥檚 War Daniel Mandell
- Edward Winslow, from A Relation or Journal of the Beginnings and Proceedings of the English Plantation settled at Plimoth in New England (鈥淢ourt鈥檚 Relation鈥) (1622)
- John Easton, A Relation of the Indian Warre (1675)
- Roger Williams, Letter (1676)
- Edward Wharton, New-England鈥檚 Present Sufferings under Their Cruel Neighboring Indians (1675)
- Increase Mather, Brief History of the Warr with the Indians in New-England (1676)
- William Hubbard, The Present State of New England Being a Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England (1677)
- Daniel Gookin, Doings and Sufferings of the Christian Indians (1677)
- Mary Rowlandson, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God (1682)
- Nathaniel Bacon, 鈥淒eclaration鈥 (1676)
- Edmund Randolph, Report to King Charles II (1676)
- Richard Coote, Earl of Belloment, 鈥淧roclamation鈥 (1699)
- Zurvia Mitchell, from the Boston Globe (1921)
- Afterword
- 4: John Dickinson (1732鈥1808) Jane E. Calvert
- Friends and Countrymen (1765)
- An Address to the Committee of Correspondence of Barbados (1766)
- 鈥淟etters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, Letter I鈥 (1767)
- 鈥淟etters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, Letter III鈥 (1767)
- 鈥淟etters from a Framer in Pennsylvania, Letter XII鈥 (1768)
- Stanza from 鈥淎 Song to the Tune Heart of Oak鈥 (1768)
- To the Public (1768)
- 鈥淎 Letter to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec鈥 (1774)
- Declaration on the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (1775)
- Draft Religious Liberty Clause in the Articles of Confederation (1776)
- Letter to John Jay (1779)
- Notes on Slavery from the Federal Convention (1787)
- 鈥淥bservations on the Constitution proposed by the Federal Convention, No. 1鈥 (1788)
- Afterword
- 5: Thomas Paine (1737鈥1809) Jack Fruchtman
- Common Sense (1776)
- Rights of Man, Part One (1791)
- Rights of Man, Part Two (1792)
- Afterword
- 6: Thomas Jefferson (1743鈥1826) Annette Gordon-Reed
- Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Letter to James Madison (1789)
- First Inaugural Address (1801)
- Letter to Roger Weightman (1826)
- Afterword
- 7: John Adams (1735鈥1826) Luke Mayville
- A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, Volume I (1787)
- Afterword
- 8: Alexander Hamilton (1757鈥1804) Kate Elizabeth Brown
- Federalist no. 32 (1788)
- Federalist no. 82 (1788)
- A Letter from Phocion to the Considerate Citizens of New York (1784)
- Second Letter from Phocion (1784)
- 鈥淩eport on the Petition of Christopher Saddler鈥 (1790)
- Afterword
- 9: James Madison (1751鈥1836) Jeremy D. Bailey
- Federalist no. 10 (1787)
- Federalist no. 37 (1788)
- 鈥淐harters鈥 (1792)
- 鈥淯niversal Peace鈥 (1792)
- Afterword
- 10: The Federalists Alan Gibson
- James Madison, 鈥淰ices of the Political System of the United States鈥 (c. 1787)
- James Wilson, 鈥淪peech at a Public Meeting in Philadelphia鈥 or 鈥淪tate House Yard Speech鈥 (1787)
- John Jay, Federalist no. 2 (1787)
- James Madison, The Federalist Papers (1788)
- James Wilson, speeches on the presidency at the Constitutional Convention (1787)
- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist no. 69 (1788)
- Afterword
- 11: The Anti-Federalists David J. Siemers
- George Mason, Objections to the Constitution of Government formed by the Convention (1787)
- The Address and Reasons of Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of the State of Pennsylvania to their Constituents (1787)
- Letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republican (1787鈥1788)
- Brutus (1788)
- A Columbian Patriot鈥檚 Observations on the Constitution (1788)
- Republicus (1788)
- Governor John Collins of Rhode Island to the President of Congress (1788)
- Letter from Aedanus Burke to John Lamb (1788)
- Afterword
- 12: William Apess (1798鈥1839) Burke A. Hendrix
- Eulogy on King Philip (1836)
- 鈥淎n Indian鈥檚 Looking-Glass for the White Man鈥 (1833)
- Afterword
- 13: Andrew Jackson (1767鈥1845) David Brown
- First Inaugural Address (1829)
- Annual Message to Congress (1830)
- Bank Veto Message (1832)
- Proclamation Regarding Nullification (1832)
- Afterword
- 14: Cherokee Resistance Julie L. Reed and Rose Stremlau
- Cherokee Women鈥檚 Petition (1817)
- Cherokee Women鈥檚 Petition (1818)
- Cherokee Women鈥檚 Petition (1831)
- John Huss, sermon (1828)
- The Glass, Letter from Arkansas (1828)
- The Glass鈥檚 Letter (1829)
- John Ridge to Stand Watie, from Cherokee Cavaliers (1832)
- Cherokee Nation Petition to Congress (1836)
- John Ross, Letter to Congress (1836)
- Afterword
- 15: John C. Calhoun (1782鈥1850) James H. Read
- 鈥淭he Fort Hill Address: On the Relations of the States and Federal Government鈥 (1831)
- Speech on the Force Bill (1833)
- Speech on the Reception of Abolition Petitions (1837)
- Further Remarks in Debate on His Fifth Resolution (1838)
- Speech on the Oregon Bill (1848)
- Speech on the General State of the Union (1850)
- A Disquisition on Government (1851)
- Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States (1851)
- Afterword
- 16: Lydia Maria Child (1802鈥1880) Carolyn L. Karcher
- Chapter IV, An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans (1833)
- 鈥淭alk about Political Party鈥 (1842)
- 鈥淲omen and the Freedmen鈥 (1869)
- 鈥淎n Appeal for the Indians鈥 (1868)
- Afterword
- 17: Henry David Thoreau (1817鈥1862) Shannon Mariotti
- 鈥淲alking鈥 (1862)
- 鈥淩esistance to Civil Government鈥 (1849)
- Afterword
- 18: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803鈥1882) Alex Zakaras
- 鈥淪elf-Reliance鈥 (1841)
- Afterword
- 19: Walt Whitman (1819鈥1892) Jack Turner
- Preface to Leaves of Grass (1855)
- 鈥淪ong of Myself鈥 from Leaves of Grass (1855)
- Democratic Vistas (1871)
- Afterword
- 20: Martin Robison Delany (1812鈥1885) Tunde Adeleke
- The Condition, Elevation, Emigration and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States (1852)
- 鈥淧olitical Destiny of the Colored Race on the American Continent鈥 (1854)
- 鈥淎 Political Review鈥 (1871)
- Letter to Justice Jonathan J. Wright (1874)
- Afterword
- 21: Frederick Douglass (1818鈥1895) Nicholas Buccola
- 鈥淕radual Initiation to the Mysteries of Slavery,鈥 Chapter V of My Bondage and My Freedom (1855)
- 鈥淭he Last Flogging,鈥 Chapter XVII of My Bondage and My Freedom (1855)
- 鈥淟etter to My Old Master [Thomas Auld]鈥 (1848)
- 鈥淲hat to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?鈥 (1852)
- 鈥淭he Prospect in the Future鈥 (1860)
- 鈥淎ddress to the Annual Meeting of the New England Woman Suffrage Association鈥 (1886)
- 鈥淪elf-Made Men鈥 (1893)
- Afterword
- 22: Abraham Lincoln (1809鈥1865) Michael Zuckert
- 鈥淥n the Perpetuation of our Political Institutions鈥 (1838)
- Fragments on slavery (c. 1854)
- Speech on the Dred Scott Decision (1857)
- The Gettysburg Address (1863)
- Second Inaugural Address (1865)
- Afterword
- 23: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815鈥1902) Sue Davis
- Declaration of Sentiments (1848)
- 鈥淪olitude of Self鈥 (1892)
- The Woman鈥檚 Bible (1895 and 1898)
- Afterword
- 24: Populism Michael Kazin
- National People鈥檚 Party Platform (1892)
- Thomas E. Watson, The People鈥檚 Party Campaign Book (1892)
- Mary Lease, speech to the Women鈥檚 Christian Temperance Union (1890)
- William Jennings Bryan, speech at Democratic National Convention (1896)
- Afterword
- 25: Booker T. Washington (1856鈥1915) Desmond Jagmohan
- Atlanta Exposition Address (1895)
- 鈥淥pen Letter to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention,鈥 New Orleans Picayune (1898)
- 鈥淥pen Letter on Lynchings in the South,鈥 Birmingham Age-Herald (1899)
- Address at the National Peace Jubilee, Chicago (1898)
- Speech to the Women鈥檚 New England, Boston (1890)
- Afterword
- 26: Mark Twain (1835鈥1910) Susan McWilliams Barndt
- 鈥淐orn-Pone Opinions鈥 (1901)
- 鈥淒isgraceful Persecution of a Boy鈥 (1870)
- 鈥淎 True Story, Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It鈥 (1874)
- 鈥淧lymouth Rock and the Pilgrims鈥 (1881)
- 鈥淭he War Prayer鈥 (c. 1904/1905)
- Afterword
- 27: W.E.B. Du Bois (1868鈥1963) Robert Gooding-Williams
- Darkwater (1920)
- Afterword
- 28: Anna Julia Cooper (1858鈥1964) Carol Wayne White
- 鈥淲oman Versus the Indian鈥 (1892)
- 鈥淒iscussion of the Same Subject by Mrs. A. J. Cooper of Washington, D.C.鈥 (1893)
- 鈥淓quality of Races and The Democratic Movement鈥 (1945)
- Afterword
- 29: William Graham Sumner (1840鈥1910) Simon J. Gilhooley
- 鈥淩epublican Government鈥 (1877)
- 鈥淭he Forgotten Man鈥 (1883)
- Afterword
- 30: Henry Brooks Adams (1838鈥1918) Natalie Fuehrer Taylor
- The Education of Henry Adams, Chapter I, 鈥淨uincy鈥 (1918)
- The Education of Henry Adams, Chapter XVII, 鈥淧resident Grant鈥 (1918)
- The Education of Henry Adams, Chapter XVIII, 鈥淔ree Fight鈥 (1918)
- The Education of Henry Adams, Chapter XXXV, 鈥淣unc Age鈥 (1918)
- Afterword
- 31: Emma Goldman (1869鈥1940) Kathy E. Ferguson
- 鈥淎narchism: What It Really Stands For鈥 (1910)
- 鈥淭he Social Aspects of Birth Control鈥 (1916)
- Goldman鈥檚 report to the Anarchist Congress of 1907 (1931)
- Afterword
- 32: Theodore Roosevelt (1858鈥1919) Sidney Milkis and Haley Stiles
- 鈥淭he Strenuous Life鈥 (1899)
- 鈥淭he Man with the Muck Rack鈥 (1906)
- 鈥淢y Confession of Faith鈥 (1912)
- Afterword
- 33: Woodrow Wilson (1856鈥1924) Trygve Throntveit
- Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics (1885)
- The State: Elements of Historical and Practical Politics (1889)
- 鈥淒emocracy and Efficiency鈥 (1901)
- 鈥淣ew Freedom鈥 Campaign (1912)
- 鈥淧eace without Victory鈥 Address (1917)
- War Address to Congress (1917)
- 鈥淔ourteen Points鈥 Address (1918)
- Afterword
- 34: Jane Addams (1860鈥1935) Marilyn Fischer
- 鈥淭he Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements鈥 (1893)
- Democracy and Social Ethics (1902)
- 鈥淧roblems of Municipal Administration鈥 (1905)
- 鈥淲hy Women Should Vote鈥 (1910)
- 鈥淩ecent Immigration: A Field Neglected by the Scholar鈥 (1905)
- 鈥淭he Public School and the Immigrant Child鈥 (1908)
- 鈥淩ecreation as a Public Function in Urban Communities鈥 (1911)
- 鈥淗as the Emancipation Act Been Nullified by National Indifference鈥 (1913)
- 鈥淒emocracy or Militarism鈥 (1899)
- 鈥淧atriotism and Pacifists in War Time鈥 (1917)
- 鈥淭he World鈥檚 Food Supply and Woman鈥檚 Obligation鈥 (1918)
- Afterword
- 35: Randolph Bourne (1886鈥1918) Nikhil Pal Singh
- 鈥淭wilight of Idols鈥 (1917)
- 鈥淭rans-national America鈥 (1916)
- 鈥淵outh鈥 (1912)
- 鈥淭he Handicapped鈥擝y One of Them鈥 (1911)
- 鈥淭he State鈥 (1919)
- Afterword
- 36: John Dewey (1859鈥1952) James T. Kloppenberg
- 鈥淭he Ethics of Democracy鈥 (1888)
- The Public and Its Problems (1927)
- 鈥淐reative Democracy: The Task Before Us鈥 (1939)
- Afterword
- 37: Asa Philip Randolph (1889鈥1979) Eric Arnesen
- 鈥淭he Negro and Economic Radicalism鈥 (1926)
- 鈥淭he Negro Is a Worker鈥 (1935)
- 鈥淟et the Negro Masses Speak鈥 (1941)
- 鈥淔reedom on Two Fronts: March on Washington Leader Sees Danger of Race Losing the Peace鈥 (1942)
- 鈥淐ommunists and Democratic Organizations鈥 (1947)
- 鈥淩evolt Against Jim Crow鈥 (1948)
- 鈥淭he Negro in the Next 50 Years鈥 (1950)
- 鈥淐risis of Struggle for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties鈥 (1954)
- 鈥淪alute to Montgomery鈥 (1956)
- 鈥淎. Philip Randolph Looks at Labor鈥擴psurge of Warfare by Negroes in Africa Against Color and Caste System鈥 (1960)
- 鈥淟eader of March on Capital Links Freedom and Jobs鈥 (1963)
- Introduction, A 鈥淔reedom Budget鈥 For All Americans: Budgeting Our Resources, 1966鈥1975 to Achieve 鈥淔reedom from Want鈥 (1966)
- Afterword
- 38: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882鈥1945) Harvey J. Kaye
- 鈥淭he 鈥楽elf-Supporting鈥 Man or Woman Has Become … Extinct鈥 (1929)
- 鈥淎 New Deal for the American People鈥 (1932)
- 鈥淎n Economic Declaration of Rights鈥 (1932)
- 鈥淭he Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself鈥 (1933)
- Message to Congress on the Objectives and Accomplishments of the Administration (1934)
- 鈥淩elief … Recovery … Reform and Reconstruction鈥 (1934)
- 鈥淲e Are Moving to Greater Freedom, to Greater Security for the Average Man鈥 (1934)
- 鈥淲e Have Undertaken a New Order of Things鈥 (1935)
- 鈥淥ur revenue laws have operated … to the unfair advantage of the few鈥 (1935)
- 鈥淭his Generation Has a Rendezvous with Destiny鈥 (1936)
- Second Inaugural Address (1937)
- 鈥淒emocracy … Must Become a Positive Force in the Daily Lives of Its People鈥 (1938)
- 鈥淚s the Book of Democracy Now to Be Closed … ?鈥 (1940)
- 鈥淲e Look Forward to a World Founded Upon Four Essential Human Freedoms鈥 (1941)
- 鈥淲e Have Accepted, so to speak, a Second Bill of Rights … (an) Economic Bill of Rights鈥 (1944)
- Afterword
- 39: The Conservatives Joshua Tait
- Russell Kirk, The Conservative Mind (1953)
- Friedrich A. Hayek, 鈥淲hy I Am Not a Conservative,鈥 The Constitution of Liberty (1960)
- Frank Meyer, 鈥淔reedom, Tradition, Conservatism,鈥 What Is Conservatism? ([1960] 1964)
- Barry Goldwater, The Conscience of a Conservative (1960)
- Willmoore Kendall, The Conservative Affirmation (1963)
- James Burnham, Suicide of the West (1964)
- Afterword
- 40: Reinhold Niebuhr (1892鈥1971) Joshua L. Cherniss
- The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness (1944)
- The Irony of American History (1949鈥1952)
- Afterword
- 41: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929鈥1968) Jared A. Loggins
- 鈥淎 Time to Break Silence: Beyond Vietnam鈥 (1967)
- Afterword
- 42: Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik al Shabazz) (1925鈥1965) Michael E. Sawyer
- 鈥淢essage to the Grass Roots鈥 (1963)
- 鈥淭he Ballot or the Bullet鈥 (1964)
- 鈥淭he Black Revolution鈥 (1964)
- Afterword
- 43: Betty Friedan (1921鈥2006) Rebecca Jo Plant
- 鈥淯E Fights for Women Workers鈥 (1952)
- 鈥淭he Problem That Has No Name,鈥 Chapter 1 of The Feminine Mystique (1963)
- NOW Statement of Purpose (1966)
- 鈥淓nd of the Beginning,鈥 Chapter 1 of The Second Stage (1981)
- Afterword
- 44: The New Left Van Gosse
- C. Wright Mills, 鈥淟etter to the New Left鈥 (1960)
- Tom Hayden and others, 鈥淭he Port Huron Statement of the Students for a Democratic Society鈥 (1962)
- John Lewis, 鈥淪peech at the March on Washington鈥 (1963)
- Mario Savio, 鈥淪proul Hall Sit-In Address鈥 (1964)
- Casey Hayden and Mary King, 鈥淪ex and Caste: A Kind of Memo鈥 (1965)
- The Resistance, 鈥淲e Refuse鈥 (1967)
- Third World Women鈥檚 Alliance, 鈥淓qual to What?鈥 (1969)
- Afterword
- 45: James Baldwin (1924鈥1987) Soyica Diggs Colbert
- 鈥淣otes of a Native Son鈥 (1955)
- 鈥淢y Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation鈥 (1962)
- 鈥淎 Report from Occupied Territory鈥 (1966)
- Afterword
- 46: Harvey Milk (1930鈥1978) Charles E. Morris III and Jason Edward Black
- 鈥淵ou鈥檝e Got to Have Hope鈥 (1977)
- Afterword
- 47: Cesar Estrada Chavez (1927鈥1993) Jos茅-Antonio Orosco
- El Plan De Delano (1966)
- Exposition Park Speech (1971)
- 鈥淪haring the Wealth鈥 (1970)
- 鈥淲hat Is Democracy鈥 (1982)
- Afterword
- 48: Ronald Reagan and the New Right Samuel Goldman
- Ronald Reagan, 鈥淓vil Empire鈥 speech (1983)
- Samuel Francis, 鈥淢essage from MARs: The Social Politics of the New Right鈥 (1982)
- Irving Kristol, 鈥淎merica鈥檚 鈥楨xceptional鈥 Conservatism鈥 (1995)
- Afterword
- 49: Audre Lorde (1934鈥1992) Deva Woodly
- 鈥淎 Litany for Survival鈥 (1978)
- Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982)
- 鈥淧oetry Is Not a Luxury鈥 (1985)
- 鈥淎ge, Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference鈥 (1980)
- 鈥淯ses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power鈥 (1978)
- 鈥淭he Master鈥檚 Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master鈥檚 House鈥 (1979)
- Afterword
- 50: Wendell Berry and Green Political Thought Bob Pepperman Taylor
- 鈥淚t All Turns on Affection鈥 (2012)
- Afterword
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Curator Biographies
- Index
“This capacious and essential volume presents American political thought not as a shared set of political commitments but as a shared resource that allows us to better understand rival commitments. It shows how the tradition privileges questions, not conclusions. To peruse this extraordinary anthology is to rediscover possibilities for shaping our collective political life.”—Russell Muirhead, Dartmouth College
“This inspired and inspiring collection brings together some of the very best contemporary scholars of American political thought to guide readers through essential political texts from the past. The approach is at once reverential and idiosyncratic—full of respect for a long, rich tradition, while also devoting space to fruitful alternative modes and approaches. This fantastic book is a treasure trove for teachers, students, and citizens—one that I hope will also serve as a beacon to the better angels of our shared future.”—Laura K. Field, author of Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right