The development of American political thought from the Puritans to Abraham Lincoln. Topics include the debates leading to the American Revolution, the importance of liberal and republican thought on the Founding, Federalist and Anti-Federalism arguments over the Constitution, Hamiltonian and Jeffersonian visions of nationalism, Transcendentalism, and the debates over state's rights and slavery that led to the American Civil War. FILA general education: philosophy or religion and ethical reasoning. Offered alternate years.
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Term Offered
Fall Only