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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SECTION ONE: PRESIDENTS OF THE FOUNDING Introductory: Self-Government and the Founding Era: Prospects and Contingencies Chapter 1: Self-Government and the American Father: George Washington Chapter 2: Self-Government and the Fiery Spirit: John Adams Chapter 3: Self-Government as Natural Right: Thomas Jefferson Conclusion: The Coherence of Self-Government in the Political Thought of the Founding Presidents SECTION TWO: PRESIDENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR Introductory: Self-Government and the Antebellum Era: Crisis of the Self Divided Chapter 4: Self-Government and Secession: Jefferson Davis Chapter 5: What Is "The New Birth of Freedom"? Abraham Lincoln Conclusion: Davis and Lincoln Compared GENERAL CONCLUSION: SELF-GOVERNMENT, THE AMERICAN THEME vi ENDNOTES WORKS CITED
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Presidents United States History, Democracy United States History, Representative government and representation United States History, Political science United States History, United States Politics and government 1789-1815, United States Politics and government 1861-1865