Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 342
EAN num: 9780678007853
ISBN number: 0678007853
Label: Augustus M Kelley Pubs
Manufacturer: Augustus M Kelley Pubs
Page Count: 455
Printing Date: 1972-06
Publishing house: Augustus M Kelley Pubs
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Written at the end of the American Civil War, Brownson asks and answers some of the most basic questions about America and in the process produces a classic of political philosophy. For example: What is it that makes any nation sovereign? In America, which came first, the states or the union? (Brownson's answer: they were created at the same moment) What is the precise relationship between the states and the federal government? How important is our written constitution as opposed to the unwritten one that constitutes us as a people? As the make-up of the American people changes, should our constitution change as well? Brownson's answers are often unexpected but his arguments reveal such a profound insight into our country that they emerge as almost obvious and one wonders why we didn't see them ourselves.
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