Introduction ; American liberty : an examination of the "tradition" of freedom / John P. Roche -- The rise of the democratic idea / Louis Hartz -- The Puritan state and Puritan society / Perry Miller -- The political theory of the American Revolution / Clinton Rossiter -- The regal republic of John Adams / Joseph Dorfman -- The origns of the separation of powers in America / Benjamin F. Wright -- The Federalist- a split personality / Alpheus T. Mason -- Men of little faith : the Anti-federalists on the nature of representative government / Cecelia Kenyon -- Liberty and the first amendment : 1790-1800 / Leonard W. Levy.
Summary
A collection of essays which highlight the connection between political theory and political practice.