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Record Nr.

UNINA9910482010203321

Autore

McDonald Forrest

Titolo

Requiem : Variations on EighteenthCentury Themes / / Forrest McDonald & Ellen Shapiro McDonald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lawrence, Kan. : , 1988., : University Press of Kansas

ISBN

9780700631100

0700631100

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 216 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McDonaldEllen Shapiro

Disciplina

973.4

Soggetti

Statesmen - United States - History - 18th century

Constitutional history - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1783-1809

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Intellectual World of the Founding Fathers -- 2. A New Order for the Ages: The Making of the United States Constitution -- 3. Eighteenth-Century Warfare as a Cultural Ritual -- 4. On the Late Disturbances in Massachusetts -- 5. John Dickinson and the Constitution -- 6. Ne Philosophis Audiamus: The Middle Delegates in the Constitutional Convention -- 7. The Constitutional Principles of Alexander Hamilton -- 8. The Constitution and the Separation of Powers -- 9. The Presidencies of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson -- 10. Capitalism and the Constitution -- 11. Federalism in America: An Obituary -- Index -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

Eleven provocative essays cover a wide range of the intellectual, political, military, and social history of the eighteenth century to present both a picture of the age in which our Constitution was crafted and a commentary on developments that have caused American government to stray from the Founders' principles.