Conservative tradition in American thought an anthology - Sigler, Jay A (New York Capricorn Books, 1969)
Colonial experience: Sovereignty of God / Cotton -- Obedience to God's law / Winthrop -- Against disloyalty to the king / Seabury -- Liberty in a civil society / Boucher -- Federalism and constitutionalism: Principles of republicanism / Madison -- Nature of American federalism / Madison -- Role of the judiciary / Hamilton -- Distrust of democracy / Adams -- Development of American industry / Hamilton -- Judicial review of national laws / Marshall -- Judicial review and the states / Marshall -- Opposition to Jacksonian democracy: Argument against universal suffrage / Kent -- Principles of the Whig Party / Webster -- Defense of the protective tariff / Webster -- Constitution and slavery / Webster -- "Politics" / Emerson -- States' rights and slavery: "Disquisition on government" / Calhoun -- Defense of slavery / Fitzhugh -- Social Darwinism: Law of competition / Sumner -- America's destiny / Strong -- Decay of civilization / Adams -- Bulwark of the courts: Priority of property rights / Field -- Judicial defense of economic liberty / Blatchford -- Defense of judicial independence / Brewer -- Opposition to the welfare state: Freedom of contract (1905) / Peckham -- Freedom of contract reasserted (1923) / Sutherland -- Role of the president / Hoover -- Defense of private initiative / Hoover -- False liberalism / Hoover -- Conservatism since World War II: Opposition to the North Atlantic Treaty / Taft -- Basis of American foreign policy / Taft -- "Two conservatisms" / Rossiter -- Failures of conservatism / Buckley -- Civil rights and the welfare state / Goldwater.
Bibliography: p. 371-375.
Keywords: Political science -- United States -- History; Conservatism -- United States