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Challenges to the American Founding: Slavery, Historicism, and Progressivism in the Nineteenth Century
Challenges to the American Founding Slavery Historicism and Progressivism in the Nineteenth Century Author:Ronald J. Pestritto American politics in the twentieth century and beyond represents a sharp departure from the political vision of the American founders. This volume looks to the roots of this departure in the political ideas of nineteenth-century America, where the first substantial challenges to the founders thought arose.