Project Gutenberg 2009-02-13 Public domain in the USA. 103 Smith, J. Allen (James Allen) 1860 1926 Smith, James Allen The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Spirit of American Government" by J. Allen Smith is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the origins, influences, and implications of the United States Constitution, particularly in relation to democratic principles. It examines how the framers' intentions, shaped by the political context of the 18th century, impact the functioning of American democracy today. The opening of the work sets the stage for a critical analysis of the U.S. Constitution, arguing that it was designed to maintain conservative control rather than genuinely foster democracy. Smith elucidates that the state of governance in the U.S. has been significantly influenced by the Constitution's inherent undemocratic features, which stem from the framers' fears of majority rule and desire to restrict popular influence. He highlights historical contexts, including property qualifications for suffrage and the legacy of slavery, that illuminate the complexities of the constitutional framework. Through this introduction, Smith invites readers to reassess the perceived democratic nature of the U.S. government, laying the groundwork for deeper discussions in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Constitutional history -- United States United States -- Politics and government JK Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 742074 742083 2024-09-12T06:59:07.151041 2023-09-12T10:23:03.478149 text/html text/html 741957 2009-02-13T10:31:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 240936 2009-02-13T10:32:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 316561 2024-09-12T06:59:18.446453 application/epub+zip 323712 2024-09-12T06:59:09.915010 application/epub+zip 301005 2024-09-12T06:59:08.278034 application/epub+zip 579316 2024-09-12T06:59:24.359426 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 520821 2024-09-12T06:59:16.938452 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 516660 2022-09-13T06:46:32.894033 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 622191 622085 2024-09-12T06:59:05.794014 2023-09-12T10:23:02.159138 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 622212 2009-02-13T10:32:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 200658 2009-02-13T10:32:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 622202 2009-02-13T10:32:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 200642 2009-02-13T10:32:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20054 2024-09-12T06:59:24.499409 application/rdf+xml 12426 2024-09-12T06:59:08.858986 image/jpeg 2963 2024-09-12T06:59:08.574004 image/jpeg 296699 2024-09-12T06:59:07.206048 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog