Union and Liberty: The Political Philosophy of John C. Calhoun - Hardcover

Calhoun, John C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0865971021 ISBN 13: 9780865971028

Publisher: Liberty Fund, 1992

Synopsis

Calhoun's most important constitutional and political writings are now available as complete, unabridged texts and in a single volume, many for the first time since the 1850s. These writings address such issues as states' rights and nullification, slavery, the growth of the Federal judicial power, and Calhoun's doctrine of the "concurrent majority."

This selection presents twelve notable speeches, letters, and essays by Calhoun; among them are his famous Fort Hill Address and his two great treatises on government—"A Disquisition on Government" and the "Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States."

Ross M. Lence is Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston.

About this title

About the Author:

John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) was a leading politician and political theorist during the first half of the nineteenth century.

Review:

This is the finest collection in a single volume of Calhoun's important works.

--Robert V. Remini, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, Chicago

About this edition

• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0865971021
• ISBN 13: 9780865971028
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 656
• Editor: Lence Ross M.