Vindicating the Commercial Republic - The Federalist on Union, Enterprise, and War

This book provides a sweeping reinterpretation of The Federalist, using the ancient historian Thucydides' account of ancient commercial Athens as an interpretive guide. It argues that The Federalist highlights the importance of a new commercial republic that promotes a culture of enterprise to shape both America's civil and military character.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Need to Vindicate the American Commercial Republic
Chapter 1: The Foundations in Principle of The Federalist's Constitutionalism
Chapter 2: Natural Rights and A New Commercial Republican Theory
Chapter 3: The Spirited Nature of Commercial Republics
Chapter 4: Taming the Commercial Republic
Chapter 5: Thucydides and The Federalist
Chapter 6: The Virtue of Enterprise
Chapter 7: Federalists 11-14 and the Spirit of Enterprise
Chapter 8: Enterprise and the High Politics of American Constitutionalism
Chapter 9: War and the Impossibility of An Insularity Doctrine
Chapter 10: Constitutional Powers and The Federalist's High-Toned Politics
Conclusion: The Commercial Republic and The American Way of War
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Anthony A. Peacock

Summary

This book provides a sweeping reinterpretation of The Federalist, using the ancient historian Thucydides' account of ancient commercial Athens as an interpretive guide. It argues that The Federalist highlights the importance of a new commercial republic that promotes a culture of enterprise to shape both America’s civil and military character.

Product details

• Authors: Peacock Anthony A. Peacock, Anthony A. Peacock, Peacock Anthony A.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781498553490
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5349-0
• No. of pages: 450
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, North America, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Politics & government, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, USA: The New Nation (c 1783 to c 1800), C 1700 To C 1800, American Revolution (1775–1783)