The Roots of American OrderAnalyzes the historical and philosophical influences on the development of American civilization, discussing Roman law, English legal and political institutions, and seventeenth and eighteenth-century political thought |
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Contents
Order the First Need of All | 3 |
The Law and the Prophets | 11 |
Triumph and Disaster | 18 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Roots of American Order |
| Author | Russell Kirk |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Regnery Gateway, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Nov 12, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0895267551, 9780895267559 |
| Length | 540 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / General Law / Legal History Political Science / American Government / General Political Science / History & Theory |
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