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Autore |
Mendis Patrick <1960-> |
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Titolo |
Commercial providence [[electronic resource] ] : the secret destiny of the American empire / / Patrick Mendis ; foreward by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg |
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Lanham, MD, : University Press of America, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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9786613912251 |
1-283-59980-5 |
0-7618-5245-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (318 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Founding Fathers of the United States |
Freemasonry - Political aspects - United States - History - 18th century |
Providence and government of God |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-276) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Praise For Commercial Providence; Praise For The Works of Patrick Mendis; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Dedication Page; Foreword; By Professor Stephen Joel Trachtenberg; Preface; Providence and Empire; 1: A Rendezvous with Destiny; Part I: The Birth of a New Nation; 2: E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, One; 3: Freemasonry as a Catalyst and High Priest; 4: Worldviews of Colonists and Pilgrims; Part II: A Philosophic Commercial Empire; 5: Adam Smith on Founding America; 6: Hamiltonian Means to Jeffersonian Ends; 7: The Commerce Clause as the Force for Unity |
Part III: Annuit Coeptis, Providence(god) Favors Our Undertaking8: The Pythagorean Potomac Delta; 9: The Anatomy of Commercial Providence; 10: The Mercurial Ruler and Sacred Constitution A venue; 11: Altar of Empire: The Virgoan Federal Triangle; Part IV: James Madison's Universal Empire; 12: Novus Ordo Seclorum and the New World Order; 13: Madison's Grand Strategy for a Universal Empire; Epilogue: God's Crucible Nation: Predestiny or Free Will?; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Author Patrick Mendis explores unseen forces that have guided |
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