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Mark Alcorn’s reading list
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Mark Alcorn
St. Cloud State University
Reading list for HIST195, Democratic Citizenship
An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution - Bruce Frohnen, The American Republic: Primary Sources [2002]
Bruce Frohnen, The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002). Chapter: An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution
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Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association - Bruce Frohnen, The American Republic: Primary Sources [2002]
Bruce Frohnen, The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002). Chapter: Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association
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CHAPTER VII.: Of political or civil society. - John Locke, The Works of John Locke, vol. 4 Economic Writings and Two Treatises of Government [1691]
John Locke, The Works of John Locke in Nine Volumes, (London: Rivington, 1824 12th ed.). Vol. 4. Chapter: CHAPTER VII.: Of political or civil society.
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COMMON SENSE. ON THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF GOVERNMENT IN GEN- ERAL, WITH CONCISE REMARKS ON THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION. - Thomas Paine, The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. I (1774-1779) [1774]
Thomas Paine, The Writings of Thomas Paine, Collected and Edited by Moncure Daniel Conway (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1894). Vol. 1. Chapter: COMMON SENSE. ON THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF GOVERNMENT IN GEN- ERAL, WITH CONCISE REMARKS ON THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.
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Hume on the Origin of Government
Source: David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, Literary, edited and with a Foreword, Notes, and Glossary by Eugene F. Miller, with an appendix of variant readings from the 1889 edition by T.H. Green and T.H. Grose, revised edition (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1987).
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1215: Magna Carta
Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).
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Mayflower Compact (Agreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth)
Short and sweet, don’t read more than the Mayflower Compact.
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: Massachusetts: 3: [Agreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth] (The Mayflower Compact)
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 43: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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1776: Declaration of Independence (various drafts)
Source:A chapter in Becker’s The Declaration of Independence: A Study on the History of Political Ideas (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1922).
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1787: US Constitution
Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).
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Wilson’s State House Yard Speech
Colleen A. Sheehan, Friends of the Constitution: Writings of the “Other” Federalists, 1787-1788, edited by Colleen A. Sheehan and Gary L. McDowell (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998). Chapter: James Wilson Speech
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/2069/156165 on 2008-08-20
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Federalist: A Reader’s Guide
Source: In The Federalist (The Gideon Edition), Edited with an Introduction, Reader’s Guide, Constitutional Cross-reference, Index, and Glossary by George W. Carey and James McClellan (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001).
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1789: Madison, Speech Introducing Proposed Amendments to the Constitution
Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).
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1791: US Bill of Rights (1st 10 Amendments) - with commentary
Source: James McClellan’s Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000).
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1798-1992: US Bill of Rights Amendments (XI-XXVII)
Source: James McClellan’s Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000).
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10: “Equal Protection of the Laws” - Raoul Berger, Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment [1977]
Raoul Berger, Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment, Foreword by Forrest McDonald (2nd ed.) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1997). Chapter: 10: “Equal Protection of the Laws”
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4: Negro Suffrage Was Excluded - Raoul Berger, Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment [1977]
Raoul Berger, Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment, Foreword by Forrest McDonald (2nd ed.) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1997). Chapter: 4: Negro Suffrage Was Excluded
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7: Segregated Schools - Raoul Berger, Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment [1977]
Raoul Berger, Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment, Foreword by Forrest McDonald (2nd ed.) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1997). Chapter: 7: Segregated Schools
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Magna Carta: An Historical Introduction
Source: McKechnie’s introduction to Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John, with an Historical Introduction, by William Sharp McKechnie (Glasgow: Maclehose, 1914).
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