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Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy
Beard, Charles A. Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy. New York, Macmillan Co., 1915. ix, 474 pp. maps. Reprinted October 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. 978-1-58477-701-4. 1-58477-701-X. Cloth. * Reprint of the first edition. One of America's greatest and most versatile historians, Beard [1874-1948] was especially interested in the relationship of economics and politics. His 1913 study An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution, though often disputed and partially discredited, is among the most important and influential studies of the U.S. Constitution ever written. Intended as a sequel, Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy applies the argument of his first book to the political history of the United States from the ratification period to the end of the Jefferson administration. Like his other work it is broad in scope and considers the influence of social and cultural developments. It is an excellent source for students interested in the extra-legal background of early American law.
474 pages, Hardcover
First published June 8, 2006
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Charles A. Beard
229 books49 followersAmerican historian and educator Charles Austin Beard explored the aspects in works, such as
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution
in 1913; self-interests of formulators based the document in his view, which profoundly affected the study.
Mary Ritter Beard shared economic view of history of Charles Austin Beard, her husband, and they collaborated on first volume in 1927 of The Rise of American Civilization , which characterized northern capitalists, who perpetrated the Civil War as the "second American Revolution" over southern plantation owners for gain.
shared her husband Charles's economic view of history and collaborated with him on The Rise of American Civilization (first volume 1927), in which they characterized the Civil War as the "second American Revolution," perpetrated by Northern capitalists over Southern plantation owners for economic gain
Charles Austin Beard with Frederick Jackson Turner most influenced of the first half of the 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs and textbooks in political science. He included a radical re-evaluation and thought of more than philosophical principles that motivated the Founding Fathers of the United States. Charles Austin Beard with Mary Ritter Beard, his wife, wrote the wide-ranging and bestselling The Rise of American Civilization , most influential major book, in 1927.
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Mary Ritter Beard shared economic view of history of Charles Austin Beard, her husband, and they collaborated on first volume in 1927 of The Rise of American Civilization , which characterized northern capitalists, who perpetrated the Civil War as the "second American Revolution" over southern plantation owners for gain.
shared her husband Charles's economic view of history and collaborated with him on The Rise of American Civilization (first volume 1927), in which they characterized the Civil War as the "second American Revolution," perpetrated by Northern capitalists over Southern plantation owners for economic gain
Charles Austin Beard with Frederick Jackson Turner most influenced of the first half of the 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs and textbooks in political science. He included a radical re-evaluation and thought of more than philosophical principles that motivated the Founding Fathers of the United States. Charles Austin Beard with Mary Ritter Beard, his wife, wrote the wide-ranging and bestselling The Rise of American Civilization , most influential major book, in 1927.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...
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June 20, 2023
Outside the merely academic pursuit of intellectual and conceptual history, this book's most valuable insight for contemporary politics is that it calls into question all of the contemporary mythologizing about the Constitution, the Early Republic, and the Founding Fathers that takes place among every political group.
There was no constitutional Eden from which modern America has fallen, nor was malicious evil conspiratorially entrenched in America from the beginning. The problems and issues we deal with today were present in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, even if their manifestations were different within a different socio-economic milieu.
The use of political power to enrich a small class of elites? Check.
Accusations of stolen elections and voter fraud? Check.
Private admission of politically incorrect ideas despite public political behavior? Check.
Platitudes about universal democracy and the "will of the people" while simultaneously making backroom deals with your ostensible political enemies? Check.
Affirmations and homage to political myths while behaving contrary to publicly stated principles? Check.
Pandering to special interests to get elected while making pragmatic political decisions based on circumstances? Check.
Media and journalism that claims to be objective, impartial, and fact-based while openly serving ideological and partisan interests? Check.
A mass of uninformed, unsophisticated, and plainly ignorant voters who are misled by elites and their apparatchiks? Check.
Base appeals to race, religion, economic class, or nationality? Check.
Debates over open borders and cultural dilution? Check.
Accusations of foreign influence in domestic politics and politicians colluding with foreign governments for private gain? Check.
Attempts to censor and silence dissenting voices among the educated middle class? Check.
Lawmakers who make policy choices based on personal financial gain? Check.
Inflationary policies designed to redistribute wealth from one group to another? Check.
Whether it's the constitutional purists of the libertarian right, the racial revolutionaries of the 1619 Project, or populist people-pleasers in either party, their political myths and appeals to the original intentions of the United States' founding generation are all mythological narratives that twist the actual history for personal or political advantage, which means they're a lot like that founding generation.
"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun" (Ecclesiastes 1:9).
There was no constitutional Eden from which modern America has fallen, nor was malicious evil conspiratorially entrenched in America from the beginning. The problems and issues we deal with today were present in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, even if their manifestations were different within a different socio-economic milieu.
The use of political power to enrich a small class of elites? Check.
Accusations of stolen elections and voter fraud? Check.
Private admission of politically incorrect ideas despite public political behavior? Check.
Platitudes about universal democracy and the "will of the people" while simultaneously making backroom deals with your ostensible political enemies? Check.
Affirmations and homage to political myths while behaving contrary to publicly stated principles? Check.
Pandering to special interests to get elected while making pragmatic political decisions based on circumstances? Check.
Media and journalism that claims to be objective, impartial, and fact-based while openly serving ideological and partisan interests? Check.
A mass of uninformed, unsophisticated, and plainly ignorant voters who are misled by elites and their apparatchiks? Check.
Base appeals to race, religion, economic class, or nationality? Check.
Debates over open borders and cultural dilution? Check.
Accusations of foreign influence in domestic politics and politicians colluding with foreign governments for private gain? Check.
Attempts to censor and silence dissenting voices among the educated middle class? Check.
Lawmakers who make policy choices based on personal financial gain? Check.
Inflationary policies designed to redistribute wealth from one group to another? Check.
Whether it's the constitutional purists of the libertarian right, the racial revolutionaries of the 1619 Project, or populist people-pleasers in either party, their political myths and appeals to the original intentions of the United States' founding generation are all mythological narratives that twist the actual history for personal or political advantage, which means they're a lot like that founding generation.
"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun" (Ecclesiastes 1:9).
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