| Acknowledgments | ix |
| Introductory Essay: From Many, One | 1 |
| Part I | American Unity and Diversity: Political Principles and National Identity | 21 |
| Editor's Introduction to Part I | 23 |
| The Declaration of Independence: The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America In Congress, July 4, 1776 | 27 |
| The Anti-Federalists: Brutus and Cato | 32 |
| The Federalist Papers (1787) | 45 |
| "Farewell Address" (1796) | 60 |
| "Sleep Not Longer, O Choctaws and Chickasaws" | 68 |
| "Father, Listen! The Americans Have Not Yet Defeated Us By Land" | 71 |
| "A Disquisition on Government" (1853) | 73 |
| "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions" Address Before the Springfield Young Men's Lyceum, January 27, 1838 | 77 |
| "Gettysburg Address" (1863) | 85 |
| "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893) | 86 |
| "The Uniformity of American Life" from The American Commonwealth (1908) | 92 |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | 97 |
| Part II | Gender and Politics: Citizenship, Equality, and Difference | 99 |
| Editor's Introduction to Part II | 101 |
| Letters of Abigail and John Adams (1776) | 105 |
| "The Sentiments of an American Woman" (1780) | 109 |
| "On the Equality of the Sexes" (1790) | 112 |
| (Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions) Seneca Falls (1848) | 118 |
| "A'n't I A Woman?" (1851) | 123 |
| "Constitutional Argument" (1872) | 126 |
| "Address to the Founding Convention of the The National American Woman Suffrage Association" (1890) | 137 |
| "Woman Suffrage" (1917) | 141 |
| The National Organization for Women, "Statement of Purpose" (1966) | 150 |
| "Feminism: A Movement to End Sexist Oppression" (1984) | 156 |
| "The Sexual Politics of the First Amendment" (1986) | 164 |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | 172 |
| Part III | Immigration and National Identity: From the Melting Pot to Multiculturalism | 173 |
| Editor's Introduction to Part III | 175 |
| "Letters From an American Farmer," (1782) | 181 |
| "Report on the Resolutions...Concerning the Alien and Sedition Acts" (1799) | 185 |
| "America for Americans" and "The Silent Scourge" (1855) | 191 |
| "True Americanism" (1897) | 196 |
| "Democracy Versus the Melting-Pot: A Study of American Nationality" (1915) | 200 |
| "Nationalizing Education," Address to the National Education Association (1916) | 208 |
| Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944) | 215 |
| Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982) | 222 |
| "Multiculturalism and Individualism" (1994) | 232 |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | 240 |
| Part IV | Race and Politics: Two Americas or One? | 241 |
| Editor's Introduction to Part IV | 243 |
| "An Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlements in America Upon Slave-Keeping" (1773) | 247 |
| "Slavery in Massachusetts" (1854) | 255 |
| "Cannibals All! Or, Slaves Without Masters" (1857) | 262 |
| "Second Inaugural Address" (1865) | 267 |
| "Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln" (1876) | 269 |
| "The Conservation of Races" (1897) | 278 |
| "On Being Ashamed of Oneself" (1933) | 283 |
| "Democracy and Education" (1896) | 288 |
| "The Negro and his Weakness" (1935) | 294 |
| "Be King of Circumstances" (1935) | 297 |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) | 299 |
| "I Have A Dream" (1963) | 304 |
| "The Ballot or the Bullet" (1964) | 309 |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | 319 |
| Part V | Religion and Politics: Pluralism and Common Bonds | 321 |
| Editor's Introduction to Part V | 323 |
| "The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for the Cause of Conscience" (1644) | 329 |
| "A Little Speech on Liberty" (1645) | 332 |
| "Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments" (1785) | 335 |
| "Brother, The Great Spirit Has Made Us All" (1792) | 341 |
| "Letter to the Danbury Baptists" (1802) | 344 |
| "An Election Sermon: Religion the Only Sure Basis of Free Government" (1804) | 346 |
| "Indirect Influence of Religious Opinions Upon Political Society in the United States" (1835) | 353 |
| "The Great Revelation" | 358 |
| "Christian Science" | 358 |
| Walker v. The Superior Court of Sacramento | 358 |
| "Remarks on Church and State" (1960) | 366 |
| Lemon v Kurtzman et al., 403 U.S. 602 (1971) | 370 |
| "An Agenda for the New Congress: Speech to the Economic Club of Detroit" (1995) | 379 |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | 386 |
| Concluding Essay: Pluralism and Identity Politics Today: Three Case Studies | 387 |
| Appendix | The Constitution of the United States of America | 421 |
