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The Jeffersonian Tradition in American Democracy

by Charles Maurice Wiltse. 273 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Charles Maurice Wiltse

Publisher:

   University of North Carolina Press

Place of Publication:

  Chapel Hill, NC  

Publication Year:

  1935
Subjects:   Democracy, Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826, Political Science--United States--History
Table of contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD vii
BOOK I THE INTELLECTUAL HERITAGE
I. WINDS OF DOCTRINE 3
II. THE AMERICAN SCENE 23
III. MEN AND BOOKS 40
BOOK II THE JEFFERSONIAN STATE
IV. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS 63
V. THE BURDEN OF AUTHORITY 88
VI. THE SEPARATION OF POWERS 106
VII. THE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT 134
BOOK III THE REIGN OF LAW
VIII. THE NATURE OF LAW 157
IX. THE FAMILY OF NATIONS 178
BOOK IV THE DEMOCRATIC TRADITION
X. RETROSPECT 203
XI. DEMOCRATIC INDIVIDUALISM 218
XII. SOCIAL DEMOCRACY 238
INDEX 269
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