May/June 2007

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2007 Jefferson Lecturer, Harvey Mansfield

Mark Moretti

May/June 2007

Volume 28, Issue 3

HUMANITIES: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Political philosopher Harvey Mansfield and NEH Chairman Bruce Cole discuss the power of princes and the origins of modern government.

Wit and insight are trademarks of Mansfield's scholarship and teaching style.

Margaret “Molly” Brown uses her name and wealth to reform conditions for the nation’s working class.

Excerpts from the writings of Harvey Mansfield.

From illegitimacy, Alexander Hamiliton rises to power, driven by ambition and his moral code

Michigan’s Jan Fedewa works to tell the state's stories.