The New Star Chamber and Other Essays: Annotated Edition

By Edgar Lee Masters

Book Overview

Coedited by noted Masters scholar, Jason Stacy, and his class, "Editing History," this annotated edition of The New Star Chamber and Other Essays reappears at a perilous time in US history, when large corporations and overseas conflicts once again threaten the integrity of American rights and liberties. In speaking to his times, Masters also speaks to ours. In these thirteen essays, Masters argues that the dangerous imperialism championed by then-President Theodore Roosevelt was rooted in the Constitution itself. By debating the ethics of the Philippine-American War, criticizing Hamiltonian centralization of government, and extolling the virtues of Jeffersonian individualism, Masters elucidates the ways in which America had strayed from its constitutional morals and from democracy itself. The result is a compelling critique of corporate capitalism and burgeoning American imperialism. In print again for the first time since 1904, this edition includes an introduction and historical annotations throughout. Edited and annotated by students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and designed and. illustrated by students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, this volume traces economic and. political pathologies to the origins of the American republic. This book is as vital now as it was over 100 years ago.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809370107
• ISBN13: 9780809370108
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Saluki Publishing
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"