Books by Charles Beard

Frontmatter -- Vorrede -- Inhalt -- Erste Vorlesung. Die Reform vor der Reformation -- Zweite Vorlesnng. Das Wiederaufleben der Wissenschaften in Italien und Deutschland -- Dritte Vorlesung. Die Reformation nach ihrer äusseren Erscheinung -- Vierte Vorlesung. Die Prinzipien der Reformation -- Fünfte Vorlesung. Die Reformation in ihrem Verhältnis zu Vernunft und Freiheit -- Sechste Vorlesung. Die Sekten der Reformation -- Siebente Vorlesung. Die Reformation in der Schweiz -- Achte Vorlesung. Entwicklung der protestantischen Scholastik -- Neunte Vorlesung. Die Reformation in England -- Zehnte Vorlesung. Die Entwicklung des kritischen Geistes in Europa -- Elfte Vorlesung. Die Entwicklung der philosophischen Methode und der wissenschaftlichen Forschung -- Zwölfte Vorlesung. Schluss -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Berichtigungen

Conceived by Charles Beard as a sequel to his provocative study of American Foreign Policy in the Making, 1932-1940, President Roosevelt and the Coming of the War outraged a nation, permanently damaging Beard's status as America's most influential historian

Conceived by Charles Beard as a sequel to his provocative study of American Foreign Policy in the Making, 1932-1940, President Roosevelt and the Coming of the War outraged a nation, permanently damaging Beard's status as America's most influential historian

In this work, Charles A. Beard articulates the main principles of his method of economic interpretation. In a brief survey of western political philosophy and constitutional arrangements, Beard concludes that there is a vital relation between the forms of state and the distribution of property.

This work rests on an examination of primary documents: land and slave owners, geographic distribution of money, ownership of public securities, the specific condition of those who were disenfranchised as well as those who were in charge of the nascent American economy.