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  1. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States

    Beard contends that the authors of The Federalist Papers represented an interest group themselves. ... (1913) and Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy (1915) extended Becker's thesis down to 1800 in terms of class conflict. To Beard, the Constitution was a counter-revolution, set up by rich bond holders (bonds were "personal property"), ...

  2. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States

    Beard's bombshell book, whose data and interpretations were both praised and challenged, if not denounced, sought to demonstrate that, far from being selfless champions of disinterested ideals, the Founders were largely wealthy and self-interested property owners, whose system of checks and balances was designed to frustrate majority rule to ...

  3. PDF The Interpretation of Constitutional History, or Charles Beard Becomes

    Beard's demise: A consideration of economic interests can help illuminate the ideology of the founding. To be sure, Beard missed most of the story of the founding, but his economic approach can still add an important element to the discussion. Plus, as I explain, despite Beard's historical errors, he has become a prescient for-tuneteller.

  4. The Economics of the Civil War

    By the time of the Second World War, Louis Hacker could sum up Beard's position by simply stating that the war's "striking achievement was the triumph of industrial capitalism" (Hacker 1940: 373). The "Beard-Hacker Thesis" had become the most widely accepted interpretation of the economic impact of the Civil War.

  5. Charles A. Beard

    Charles Austin Beard (November 27, 1874 - September 1, 1948) was an American historian and professor, who wrote primarily during the first half of the 20th century. A history professor at Columbia University, Beard's influence is primarily due to his publications in the fields of history and political science.His works included a radical re-evaluation of the Founding Fathers of the United ...

  6. Charles Beard and the Constitution : a critical analysis of "An

    In this work, Robert E. Brown applies the fruits of modern historical scholarship toward an understanding of Beard's groundbreaking and controversial work. With a perspective of forty years, Brown attempts to separate the valid from the bogus in this work Includes bibliographical references

  7. Economic Interests and the American Constitution: A Quantitative

    As a result, Beard's thesis sufficiently broad and ambiguous to offer support for a variety of interpretations. Many scholars consider his fundamental contribution to be a "class analysis" of the motives of the Founding Fathers. We do not accept this as an accurate portrayal of Beard's thesis. But even if others do not accept our ...

  8. PDF Rehabilitation of Charles A. Beard

    thesis, an analysis of the relationship between economic interests and voting patterns in the formation and ratification of the Constitution is. important in its own right. In analyzing the relationship between. economic interests and voting behavior, we do not mean to suggest. " Main, "Charles A. Beard," pp. 92-102.

  9. The Economic Interpretation of History as a Way of Understanding

    With the publication in 1913 of An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, Charles Austin Beard (1874-1948) became one of the most famous, influential, and controversial historians in America. His book initiated a trend that for two generations became dominant in the way American history was written and taught. The thirty-seven books […]

  10. Charles Beard and the Constitution: A Critical Analysis on JSTOR

    From the moment of its debut, An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States by Charles A. Beard was a subject of heated controversy. Few books in American history have aroused such bitter partisanship; few have elicited the extremes of both commendation and condemnation that were heaped on this single volume.¹.

  11. Charles A. Beard

    Charles A. Beard (born November 27, 1874, near Knightstown, Indiana, U.S.—died September 1, 1948, New Haven, Connecticut) was an American historian, best known for his iconoclastic studies of the development of U.S. political institutions. His emphasis on the dynamics of socioeconomic conflict and change and his analysis of motivational ...

  12. Liberty, Education, and the Economic Interpretation of the Constitution

    This conference, marked the centenary of Charles Beard's An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, examined the "Beard thesis" by reading key selections of Beard's original book, important critiques of Beard by Forrest McDonald, Martin Diamond, and others, and then considered the resurgence of "neo-Beardianism" among contemporary historians and political ...

  13. 'An Economic Interpretation of The Constitution' After Fifty Years

    The ambiguities in Beard's thesis have been recognized for many years by adherents and critics alike. The most important of these, because it is absolutely central to his argument, is the question of precisely what Beard meant by the terms economic interpretation and economic determinism. Beard chose the former of these as the title for his ...

  14. PDF Personalty interests at the Constitutional Convention: new tests of the

    Surprisingly, few of these motions were alluded to by Beard as critical to the interests of those who owned personalty (described in detail below). 2.1 Beard's thesis Prior to Beard's work, most studies of the Constitutional Convention argued that the framers who attended the Convention were disinterested statesmen who tried to

  15. A Revaluation of the Beard Thesis of the Making of the Constitution

    Beard asserted that public securities were the dynamic element within the dynamic element in the ratification. There were, indeed, some holders of public securities among the opponents of the Constitution and, contrary to Beard's assertion, they were as numerous as the security holders among the supporters of the Constitution.

  16. PDF Charles A. Beard

    Excerpted from Charles Beard's "Framing the Constitution," in Peter Woll, ed., American Government: Readings and Cases, 11th ed. (New York: Harper Collins, 1993) In the following essay, which is adapted from The Supreme Court and the Constitution (1912), Charles Beard presents evidence that the framers of the Constitution were less interested ...

  17. Personalty interests at the Constitutional Convention: new tests of the

    2.1 Beard's thesis. Prior to Beard's work, most studies of the Constitutional Convention argued that the framers who attended the Convention were disinterested statesmen who tried to enact various principles of democracy. Beard challenged this view by arguing that particular types of property largely affected how delegates voted. Footnote 2

  18. We the People

    No historian who followed in studying the making of the Constitution was entirely free from Beard's radical interpretation of the document as serving the economic interests of the Framers as members of the propertied class. Forrest McDonald's We the People was the first major challenge to Beard's thesis. This superbly researched and documented ...

  19. Power and Authority in American History: The Case of Charles A. Beard

    Beard's thesis came as a revelation to scholars and intellectuals who hailed it for undermining the patriotic banalities of nineteenth-century historiography. Conventional wisdom decreed that the Constitution was the work of Provi-dence's guiding hand, the fruit of the genius of Teutonic legal traditions, or the ...

  20. The Beard Thesis and the Seinfeld Defense

    The Beard Thesis and the Seinfeld Defense. In this, its centennial year, Charles Beard's 1913 An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States retains its hold on both the publication market and, at least in certain circles, the popular imagination. Its claim that the Founders were possessive aristocrats out to protect the ...

  21. The Beard Thesis and Franklin Roosevelt

    Cass R. Sunstein, The Beard Thesis and Franklin Roosevelt, 56 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 114 (1987).

  22. The Beard Thesis: Challenging Historical Interpretations of the

    Aniya Cunningham Professor Anand American History I 09/22/23 Beard thesis The "Beard Thesis" refers to the historical interpretation and theory put forth by American historian Charles A. Beard. Charles Beard was. An influential American historian and political scientist known for his contribution to the fields of history and political theory. He is mostly known for his historical scholarship ...

  23. The Conflict Thesis Reimagined: From Theological Reform to Secular

    R ecent scholarship on the so-called conflict between science and religion has revisited the reception of John William Draper's History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science (1875) and Andrew Dickson White's A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896). Indeed, contrary to common perception, Draper and White did not frame science and religion as inherently ...