Vindicating the Founders: Race, Sex, Class, and Justice in the Origins of AmericaRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000 M11 28 - 240 páginas This controversial, convincing, and highly original book is important reading for everyone concerned about the origins, present, and future of the American experiment in self-government. |
Contenido
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Property Rights | 37 |
Women and the Right to Vote | 71 |
Women and the Family | 85 |
Was the Founding Undemocratic? The Property Requirement for Voting | 111 |
Poverty and Welfare | 131 |
Immigration and the Moral Conditions of Citizenship | 147 |
Afterword | 175 |
Notes | 181 |
| 211 | |
About the Author | 219 |
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