The Great Republic: A History of the American People, Volum 1D.C. Heath and Company, 1992 - 656 sider The Great Republic aims to narrate and interpret American history around a central structure of several overarching themes: the reconciling of majority and minority interests in governing the body politic; the relations between America and the outer world; and the role of ideas in shaping American society and institutions. |
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... rule of the " saints " to those people who were not church members . The intellectual justification of the rule of the elect was never in doubt . A central Puritan idea was the doctrine of the " covenant ” —the agreement between God and ...
... rule of the " saints " to those people who were not church members . The intellectual justification of the rule of the elect was never in doubt . A central Puritan idea was the doctrine of the " covenant ” —the agreement between God and ...
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... rule by one person , tended to degenerate into tyranny ; aristocracy , rule by a few , became oligarchy ( corrupt government by a group of self - serving , all- powerful leaders ) ; and democracy , the rule of the whole political ...
... rule by one person , tended to degenerate into tyranny ; aristocracy , rule by a few , became oligarchy ( corrupt government by a group of self - serving , all- powerful leaders ) ; and democracy , the rule of the whole political ...
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... rule was simply the rule of superior power , with no protection for human rights . The Union , he asserted , had always been a compact for the preservation of slavery , and the Constitution was there- fore " a covenant with death , and ...
... rule was simply the rule of superior power , with no protection for human rights . The Union , he asserted , had always been a compact for the preservation of slavery , and the Constitution was there- fore " a covenant with death , and ...
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