- Introduction: The National Idea in American Politics
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- A. The Promise of Nationhood
- B. The Trial of Sectionalism
- C. The Impact of Industrialism
- D. The Challenge of Racism
- E. Federalism and Political Theory
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- I. From Hierarchy to Republicanism
- 1. The Rule of the Wise and the Holy: Thomas Aquinas
- A. The Ontology of Inequality
- B. Value, Utility, and Authority
- C. Hierarchies of Virtue and Grace
- D. Federalism from the Top Down
- E. The Enchanted World
- F. Deference to the Divine Likeness
- G. Old Tory Politics
- 2. The Idea of the National Republic: John Milton
- A. The Masterless Man
- B. Government by Discussion
- C. Elite and People
- D. Nation and Purpose
- 3. A Constitution for the National Republic: James Harrington
- A. The Dilemma of Scale: Machiavelli
- B. Constitutionalism and the Public Interest
- C. Representation from the Bottom Up
- D. The Machinery of Rational Deliberation
- E. Federalism for Utility or for Liberty?
- F. A Commonwealth for Increase
- 1. The Rule of the Wise and the Holy: Thomas Aquinas
- II. The National and Republican Revolution
- 4. The Conflict of Ideas
- A. Edmund Burke and the Old Whig Constitution
- B. Blackstone and Sovereignty
- C. Benjamin Franklin and National Purpose
- 5. The Decade of Agitation
- A. Actual vs. Virtual Representation
- B. The Parliamentary Option
- C. The Federal Option
- D. Imperial Federalism
- E. Liberty vs. Union
- 6. The Discovery of the Nation
- A. How the Congress Was Chosen
- B. How the Congress Governed
- C. How the States Were Created
- D. Tom Paine’s National and Federal Republic
- 4. The Conflict of Ideas
- III. The National and Republican Constitution
- 7. Montesquieu’s Confederate Republic
- A. The Structure
- B. The Mechanics
- C. The Confederate Republic in America
- D. The Anti-Federalist Case
- 8. Madison’s Compound Republic
- A. Critique of Compact Federalism
- B. The New Legitimacy
- C. Critique of the Small Republic Theory
- D. Justice and the Public Interest
- E. Government by Discussion: Hume
- F. Government by Discussion: Madison
- G. Toward Power and Justice
- 9. Auxiliary Precautions
- A. Representation
- B. Separation of Powers
- C. Why Have States?
- D. The People as Common Superior
- E. The Control of Faction
- 10. Sovereignty and Ratification
- A. How the Constitution Was Ordained
- B. Madison’s Gap
- C. The National Solution
- D. Joseph Story’s Classic Exposition
- E. Critique of Article VII
- F. Sovereignty, the Constitution, and Democracy
- 11. James Wilson’s Social Union
- A. Purpose, Medieval and Modern
- B. The Four Great Objects
- C. The Fragility of Reason
- E. Participation and Public Affection
- F. The Social Passion
- G. Public Affection and Federalism
- 7. Montesquieu’s Confederate Republic
- Conclusion: Liberty and Union
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- A. Strong Democracy
- B. Constitutionalism for Self-Government
- C. Federalism and Liberty
- D. Radicalism and Prudence
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- Notes
- References
- Index
To Make a Nation
The Rediscovery of American Federalism
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Publication Date: 07/15/1998
Awards & Accolades
- 2002 Martha Derthick Award, Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations Section of the American Political Science Association
- 1994 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award
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