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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781879203321

Autore

Onuf Peter S

Titolo

The origins of the federal republic : jurisdictional controversies in the United States, 1775-1787 / / Peter S. Onuf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1983

ISBN

1-283-21086-X

9786613210869

0-8122-0038-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 284 pages) : maps

Disciplina

321.02/0973

Soggetti

Federal government - United States - History - 18th century

Political science - United States - History - 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First paperback edition 1983; reissued 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The early American state system -- pt. 2. State-making -- pt. 3. Origins of the federal republic.

Sommario/riassunto

Historians have emphasized the founding fathers' statesmanship and vision in the development of a more powerful union under the federal constitution. In The Origins of the Federal Republic, Peter S. Onuf clarifies the founders' achievement by demonstrating with case studies of New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Virginia that territorial confrontations among the former colonies played a crucial role in shaping early concepts of statehood and union and provided the true basis of the American federalist system.