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Session Submission Type: Virtual Full Paper Panel
What does it mean to be a US citizen? These papers explore foundational questions in American Political Thought, taking up concepts like equality, citizenship, trust, and civic engagement. Examining primary documents like the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution, as well as early policies like the Naturalization Act of 1790, these papers together explore the promises—made and broken—of American political life.
Not Eligible But Still Fitted?: Naturalization and the Asian Question, 1882-1906 - Juman Kim, Towson University
The Inegalitarian Equality of the Declaration of Independence - Emma Rodman, Princeton University
Tocqueville and Bad Civil Society - Jennet Kirkpatrick, Arizona State University
'To Hope and To Wait': Roger Williams and the Apocalyptic Roots of Toleration - Matthew H Young