Sovereignty and liberty : constitutional discourse in American culture / Michael Kammen.
Material type: TextSeries: History of American thought and culturePublication details: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c1988.Description: xiv, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0299117308 :
- 9780299117306
- KF4541 .K35 1988
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rethinking the "Fountain of Power": Changing Perceptions of Popular Sovereignty, 1764-1788 -- "We Began the Dance": The Reel of Revolutions and Constitutions in American Culture, 1775-1788 -- Personal Liberty and American Constitutionalism -- The United States Constitution, Public Opinion, and the Question of American Exceptionalism -- "A Vehicle of Life":Continuity and Change in Americans' Perceptions of Their Living Constitution -- The Revival of States' Rights in American Political Culture, ca. 1918-1938: Reflectionson the Ambiguities of Ideological Constitutionalism -- Constitutional Pluralism: ConflictingInterpretations of the Founders' Intentions.