Dr. Wilson gives an endorsement of Beard as a historian in the comments to this column by Paul Craig Roberts.
But what of Beard's politics and attitudes towards the Constitution? Does the following piece accurately summarize what he thought?
Charles Beard and the growth of modern American liberalism
More links:
Charles Beard
Charles Austin Beard
Google Books: An economic interpretation of the Constitution of the United States
A review of Robert A. McGuire, To Form a More Perfect Union: A New Economic Interpretation of the United States Constitution. (GB)
Notes:
Look up Frederick Jackson Turner and Forrest McDonald.
PBS - THE WEST - Frederick Jackson Turner
Frederick Jackson Turner
Turner: The Frontier In American History
Novus Ordo Seclorum
Online Library of Liberty - Forrest McDonald
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