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American Republicanism

Roman Ideology in the United States Constitution

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  • © 1994

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  1. M. N. S. Sellers

    1. University of Baltimore School of Law, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Modern History (SMH)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Republican Images

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 3-7

    3. Republican Pseudonyms

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 8-10

    4. The Iconography of the American Revolution

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 11-19

    5. North American Classicism

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 20-23

    6. Public Debate at the Time of the Constitutional Convention

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 24-26

    7. Republican Images

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 27-29

  3. The Roman Example

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. The Influence of John Adams

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 33-40

    3. The Pennsylvania Republicans

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 41-45

    4. Polybius and the Roman Constitution

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 46-49

    5. The English and American Constitutions

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 50-56

    6. The United States Constitution

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 57-62

    7. The Roman Example

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 63-65

  4. Republican Narratives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Livy’s Empire of Laws

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 69-76

    3. Plutarch’s Lives

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 77-82

    4. Tacitus and Liberty

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 83-86

    5. Sallust and Corruption

      • M. N. S. Sellers
      Pages 87-89
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About this book

This book examines what 'republicanism' meant to the Americans who drafted and ratified the United States Constitution, guaranteeing a 'republican form of government' to every state in the Union. M.N.S.Sellers compares the writings and speeches of the founders with the authors they read and imitated to identify the central tenets of American republicanism, and to demonstrate that American republican though directly reflected classical models, rather than a mediating tradition of English or continental political theory.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Baltimore School of Law, USA

    M. N. S. Sellers

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: American Republicanism

  • Book Subtitle: Roman Ideology in the United States Constitution

  • Authors: M. N. S. Sellers

  • Series Title: Studies in Modern History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13347-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-60577-6Published: 15 August 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-13347-5Published: 27 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2946-2053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-2061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 349

  • Topics: History of the Americas, Political Science, Modern History

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