Devising Liberty: Preserving and Creating Freedom in the New American Republic (The Making of Modern Freedom)

The nine chapters in this book focus on the various constitutional problems surrounding the need to provide simultaneously a sufficient degree of union and public authority to guarantee defense and order, and a sufficient degree of individual liberty to satisfy the demands and expectations of private citizens who were wary of the arbitrary powers of government. DEVISING LIBERTY Series Foreword Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Political Economy and the Creation of the Federal Republic 2 The Expanding Union 3 Land and Liberty on the Post-Revolutionary Frontier 4 The Meaning of Freedom for Waterfront Workers 5 The Idea of an Informed Citizenry in the Early Republic 6 Jurisprudence and Social Policy in the New Republic 7 From the Bonds of Empire to the Bonds of Matrimony 8 The Second Great Awakening and the Market Revolution 9 The Problem of Slavery in Southern Political Discourse Abbreviations Notes Index This book focus on the various constitutional problems surrounding the need to provide both enough union and public authority to guarantee defense and order, and a sufficient degree of individual liberty to satisfy the demands and expectations of private citizens who were wary of the arbitrary powers of government. Edited By David Thomas Konig. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [303]-372) And Index.