Republic

Charles A. Beard (1874-1948) is regarded as one of the most influential American historians in the first half of the twentieth century. He is famous for his evaluation of the founding fathers of the United States in which he believed were motivated by economics as opposed to philosophical principals. Some of his works include An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy, and The Administration and Politics of Tokyo. Clyde W. Barrow is Chancellor Professor in the Policy Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth where he also serves as director of the Center of Policy Analysis. His works include More than a Historian: The Political and Economic Thought of Charles A. Beard, Economic Impacts of the Textile and Apparel Industries in Massachusetts, and Globalisation, Trade Liberalisation, and Higher Education in North America: The Emergence of a New Market Under NAFTA? (with Sylvie Didou-Aupetit and John Mallea).

• I: We, The People . . .; II: Establish this Constitution . . .; III: Democracy and Rights under the Constitution; IV: Washington and Jefferson Exemplify Constitutionalism; V: Lincoln Exemplifies Constitutionalism; VI: A More Perfect Union and Justice; VII: Domestic Tranquility and Common Defense; VIII: Promote the General Welfare; IX: The Blessings of Liberty; X: Rights of American Citizens; XI: Freedom of Speech and Press; XII: Religious Liberty; XIII: Power and the Control of Power; XIV: Congress as Power; XV: The Executive as Power; XVI: The Judiciary as Power; XVII: Critique of the Federal System; XVIII: Political Parties as Agencies and Motors; XIX: The Economic Underwriting of the Constitution; XX: The Republic in the World of Nations; XXI: The Fate and Fortunes of Our Republic