Republicanism and Liberalism in America and the German States, 1750-1850 (Publications of the German Historical Institute)

Republicanism and Liberalism in America and the German States represents the cooperative effort of a group of American and German scholars to move the historical debate on republicanism and liberalism to a new stage. By systematically studying the similarities and differences in the understanding of republicanism and liberalism in the United States and German states, the collection stimulates new efforts toward a comprehensive interpretation of political, intellectual, and social developments in the "modernizing" Atlantic world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Machine generated contents note: 1 "Wir nennen's Gemeinsinn" (We Call It Public Spirit): Republic and Republicanism in the German Political Discussion of the Nineteenth Century Rudolf Vierhaus THE REPUBLICAN WORLD 2 The Concept of the Republic in Eighteenth-Century German Thought Hans Erich Bodeker 3 Kant's Republicanism and Its Echoes Otto Dann 4 Constitutions, Charity, and Liberalism by Default: Germany and the Anglo-American Tradition A. G. Roeber 5 Politics and Sentiment: Catharine Macaulay's Republicanism Vera Ninning 6 Between Liberalism and Republicanism: "Manners" in the Political Thought of Mercy Otis Warren Rosemarie Zagarri THE TRANSITION FROM REPUBLICANISM TO LIBERALISM 7 The Liberal and Democratic Republicanism of the First American State Constitutions, 1776-1780 Willi Paul Adams 8 Bennington and the Green Mountain Boys: The Emergence of Liberal Democracy in Vermont, 1760-1850 Robert E. Shalhope 9 The Birth of American Liberalism: New York, 1820-1860 James A. Henretta 10 Republicanism, Liberalism, and Market Society: Party Formation and Party Ideology in Germany and the United States, c. 1825-1850 Paul Nolte 11 Festive Culture and National Identity in America and Germany, 1760-1860 Jiirgen Heideking 12 Charles Follen'sView of Republicanism in Germany and the United States, 1815-1840 Edmund Spevack THE LOGIC OF LIBERALISM 13 "The Right to Possess All the Faculties that God Has Given": Possessive Individualism, Slave Women, and Abolitionist Thought Amy Dru Stanley 14 Freedom of Contract and Freedom of Person: A Brief History of "Involuntary Servitude" in American Fundamental Law RobertJ. Steinfeld. Republicanism and Liberalism in America and the German States represents the cooperative effort of a group of American and German scholars to move the historical debate on Republicanism and Liberalism to a new stage. Previously, the relationship between Republican and Liberal ideas, concepts and world views has been discussed in the context of American revolutionary and late eighteenth-century history. While the German states did not experience successful revolutions like those in North America and France, Republican and Liberal ideas and'language'deeply affected German political thinking and culture, especially in the southern states. The essays published in this book expand the time frame of the debate into the first half of the nineteenth century, applying an innovative and comparative German-American perspective. By systematically studying the similarities and differences in the understanding of Republicanism and Liberalism in the United States and German states, the collection stimulates efforts toward a comprehensive interpretation of political, intellectual and social developments in the'modernizing'Atlantic world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Represents the cooperative effort of American and German scholars to systematically study the similarities and differences in the understanding of republicanism and liberalism in America and the German states. The book stimulates new efforts toward a comprehensive interpretation of political, intellectual, and social developments in the 'modernizing' Atlantic world Edited By Jürgen Heideking, James A. Henretta With The Assistance Of Peter Becker. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.