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The Marvin & Sybil Weiner
Spirit of America Collection at Florida Atlantic University
offers a wide variety of primary source materials suitable
for research in the disciplines of history, political
science, philosophy, and linguistics. With more than
13,000 items, the collection consists of printed and
manuscript materials dating from the fifteenth century to
the modern era. Materials include rare books, pamphlets, historical newspapers and journals,
broadsides and cartoons, and documents.
Collection materials are
available to students, faculty and other researchers
by
appointment. In addition, faculty members may make
arrangements with our professional staff for assistance on
instructional projects. Past events have included
exhibitions, lecture series, graduate student research
workshops, and presentations.
Subject Guides
For convenience, the collection has been thematically
divided below. These themes are not meant to be inclusive,
but instead are designed to offer some suggestion of the
broad topics of interest. For a full listing of the
collection, please go to
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American Colonialism and
Revolution
This
extensive collection of primary sources covers the
contemporary debates about the role of government
and the rights of the people in colonial America.
Specific topics include the Stamp Act and taxation,
colonial trade, and religion’s role in political
thought. Through pamphlets and other publications,
the ideas of Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke and other
political writers are revealed. Both British and
American viewpoints are demonstrated in
Parliamentary speeches, selected journals of New
England colonies, and extracts from the proceedings
of the Continental Congress.
Colonialism
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United States Government
and Constitution
Within the
collection of materials relating to the role of
government and the evolution of the United States
Constitution are selected Congressional records and
speeches along with newspapers, sermons and
political cartoons. From the Federalist Papers of
the early 18th century through the Civil War period
to the civil rights and labor issues of the 20th
century, these items allow for interpretations of
such issues as territorial expansion, states’
rights, political parties, elections and civil
liberties.
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British History and Government
The collection offers an assortment of Parliamentary
speeches, royal declarations, pamphlets and other
printed materials spanning three centuries. Many of
the items deal with the Long Parliament and include
numerous references to John Pym. Also from this
period are works relating to the English Civil War
and the Titus Oates, or “Popish” plot against
Charles II. From the late 18th and early 19th
centuries, there are pamphlets relating to Wilkesite
Movement, the political writings of Junius and
William Pitt, as well as items that discuss British
colonial policies towards Ireland, Scotland and
America.
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French History & Political Thought
The collection consists of 16th and 17th century
French and English language items that depict the
Age of Reformation and monarchial struggles for
power. Authors of this political and religious
philosophy include Jean Bodin, Innocent Gentillet
and Jean Chrysostome. Later works by Pascal,
Montaigne, Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau, along
with journals and newsletters extend the exploration
of French political ideas through the 18th century.
Also included are French responses to the American
and the French Revolutions.
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Philosophy and Political
Theory
In addition
to the French language works listed above, the
Spirit of America Collection holds first and early
editions of the works of philosophers and political
theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, Thomas More, John
Stuart Mill, John Locke, Francis Bacon, and David
Hume. Topics covered include ancient and modern
philosophy, civil rights and liberties, government
structure, ethics and utopian thought.
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