6 Locke and the Invention of the American Political Tradition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface 1
4. 1 Locke’s Legacy in Early America 8
5. 2 Locke’s Authority in the Revolutionary and Founding Eras 31
6. 3 Problematizing Locke as Exemplar in the Early United States 58
7. 4 Locke Becomes Historical 84
8. 5 Making Locke Relevant 103
9. 6 Locke and the Invention of the American Political Tradition 121
10. 7 Lockean “-isms” 147
11. Epilogue 163
12. Acknowledgments 167
13. Abbreviations 171
14. Notes 173
15. Bibliography 227
16. Index 251