Free Government in the Making: Readings in American Political Thought

By: Mason, Alpheus Thomas

Book Overview

An authoritative and comprehensive collection of essays by America's most formative political thinkers, this classic anthology has now been thoroughly revised and updated. The fourth edition features extensive new coverage of the role women have played in the development of American political thought from 1790 to the present as well as new documentation on the contributions of minorities. With its clear introductory essays preceding original source selections and helpful chronological organization, this text provides students with keen insights into the growth and development of political theory and thought, particularly American political thought.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195035240
• ISBN13: 9780195035247
• Release Date: October 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Length: 816 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

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A MUST READ!!

This book is an excellent source on understanding American Political Philosophy. I wish this book can be sent to every congressmen and senator in Washington DC....they could use a healthy dose of this book.

an excellent synopsis of the tenets crucial to the US

Free Government in the Making is replete with all the writings of thinkers and politicians who helped shape modern democracy. Beginning with Locke, and carrying through to the 1980's, it is an excellent compilation of what has come to be known as American political thought. Mason has contained a wealth of political theory in one book. It has helped me through two years of college-I wish I had it for high school as well. A must have book for anyone pursuing American History or Government.

The best overview on American Political Thought

If you've been truly curious as to what the American forefathers thought or hoped for in the American political process, I would highly recommend this book. Although I am not a native of the United States, this book gave me an objective evaluation of how the great American democratic experiment came to being. This book should be required reading for all students of American history.