Conceptual Change and the Constitution

This volume calls attention to the changing or multiple meaning of key concepts and terms in Revolutionary-era political thought. As against the tendency to stress the relative homogeneity o the ideas that colaesced in the late 1780s, this collection creates a set of case studies that illuminate the range of issues around which new and disputed positions formed. Contributors include Terence Ball, Lance Banning, James Farr, Russell L. Hanson, Daniel Walker Howe, Peter S. Onuf, J.G.A. Pocock, Gerald Stourzh, and Garry Wills.