Economic Interpretation of the United States Constitution

…After studying at Oxford University, he studied at Columbia University Graduate School, where he obtained his doctorate, and became a professor there, but later resigned in 1917 in connection with the issue of academic freedom. In 1913, he published An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, which analyzed the economic interests of the framers of the Constitution and was the target of both praise and criticism. After publishing several sequels, he published The Rise of American Civilization in 1927, which interpreted the course of American history as a conflict between conservatism and reform, and was widely used as a textbook and became a must-read for students of American history. …

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…オックスフォード大学留学後コロンビア大学大学院に学び博士号を得，同大学で教職についたが，のち1917年学問の自由の問題と関連して辞職する。1913年《合衆国憲法の経済的解釈》を刊行，憲法制定者たちの経済的利害関係を分析し，毀誉褒貶（きよほうへん）の的となった。その続編にあたるいくつかの著書を発表した後，27年《アメリカ文明の興隆》を刊行，同書はアメリカ史の流れを保守と革新との対立としてとらえ，教科書として広く使用され，アメリカ史を学ぶ者の必読書となった。…

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