John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty
Description
Although John Adams was the second president of the United States and a prolific writer on political science and philosophy, his life and work have been comparatively neglected by contemporary scholars. Thompson (history and political science, Ashland University) reexamines Adams' writings, focusing on the distinction he drew between the "principles of liberty" and the "principles of political architecture," and concludes that he was the 18th century's finest student of the political sciences, embodying the mind of the American Revolution. Annotation c. by Book...
ISBN(s)
0700609156, 9780700609154
