An edition of Vindicating the founders (1997)

Vindicating the founders

race, sex, class, and justice in the origins of America

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An edition of Vindicating the founders (1997)

Vindicating the founders

race, sex, class, and justice in the origins of America

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It is commonly, but incorrectly, asserted that because Washington and Jefferson owned slaves, because women, even after the American Revolution, enjoyed virtually no rights, and because the poor and those without property were denied the basic tenets of democratic participation, the Founders were frauds who never really believed that "all men were created equal.".

West demonstrates why such politically correct interpretations are not only dead wrong, but dangerous. Because our understanding of the Founders so profoundly influences our opinion of contemporary America, this book explains why their views, and particularly the constitutional order they created, are still worthy of our highest respect. West proves that the Founders were indeed sincere in their belief of universal human rights and in their commitment to democracy.

By contrasting the Founders' ideas of liberty and equality with today's, West persuasively concludes that contemporary notions bear almost no resemblance to the concepts originally articulated by the Founders.

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Pages
219

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Vindicating the founders: race, sex, class, and justice in the origins of America
1997, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-210) and index.

Published in
Lanham, Md

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.5
Library of Congress
E302.1 .W47 1997, E302.1.W47 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 219 p. ;
Number of pages
219

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Open Library
OL670843M
Internet Archive
vindicatingfound0000west
ISBN 10
0847685160
LCCN
97016791
OCLC/WorldCat
36800619
Library Thing
70118
Goodreads
1256806

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