University Press of America
Pages: 448
Trim: 6 x 8
978-0-7618-2791-7 • Paperback • March 2004 • $80.99 • (£62.00)
Alexander Leslie Klieforth received his B.A. and LL.D. degrees from St. Norbert College in Wisconsin, his M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, advanced study at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, Louvain, Belgium, and doctoral work at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. As a professional American diplomat, he was stationed in Washington, D.C., Europe, Asia and Latin America and on special assignments in the Middle East and Africa.
Robert Munro is the University Law Librarian and Director of CIFCS of the College of Law, University of Florida, Gainesville. He is also Senior Research Fellow and Director of Research for North America of CIDOEC at Jesus College, Cambridge University. He holds a J.D. from the College of Law of the University of Iowa, a Ph.D. from the University of Florida, and has completed further graduate studies at Cambridge University, Oxford University, and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London.
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Scotland the Brave: Ceud Mille Failte!; Genesis; The Celts- The People Who Disappeared Into the Shadows; The Blossoming of Celtic Culture; The Thistle Takes Root: Celtic Scotland; Veni, Vidi Sed Non Vici; The Four Founding Peoples and Their Ki
Chapter 2 The Scottish Invention of America, Thomas Jefferson, the Arbroath Declaration and the Declaration of Independence:The Scottish Enlightenment in the United States; The Scottish Mind of Thomas Jefferson; The Drafting of the Declaration of Independence
Chapter 3 The Age of Rights of Mankind: How the Declaration of 1776 Carried World-Wide the Ideology of 1320 to the New Millennium: The Effect of the Declaration of Independence on Scottish and British Political Reform; The Declaration of Independence, the Fre
Chapter 4 Chronology of Celtic, Scottish, English and American Events
Endnotes
Bibliography and Further Reading
Index
About the Authors
All those interested in the intellectual history of democracy in general, and the development of 'consent' in particular, will find this book to be both important and indispensable. This is a monograph destined to be an integral part of the historiography of Western liberalism, notions of democracy, and the role of individual freedom.
— Dr. Michael J. Eula; Amazon.Com
Any lover of freedom will find this a 'must have' book. It is refreshing writing that offers new insights regarding our freedom—as individuals and as a nation. Any serious Scottish student will have a wonderful time with this book. The authors have done all of us a favor by writing it, so do yourself one and purchase it! Klieforth and Munro have included a masterful fifty-page chronology of Celtic, Scottish, and American events. That in itself is worth the price of a good book, and this one fits that description. You will spend many enjoyable hours with this publication.
— Frank R. Shaw; Family Tree Magazine