LEADER 03385nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910809577003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613912251 010 $a1-283-59980-5 010 $a0-7618-5245-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241809 035 $a(EBL)1021939 035 $a(OCoLC)855502230 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711126 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12307434 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711126 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10682582 035 $a(PQKB)10357055 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1021939 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1021939 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10602301 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL391225 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241809 100 $a20100725d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCommercial providence$b[electronic resource] $ethe secret destiny of the American empire /$fPatrick Mendis ; foreward by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg 210 $aLanham, MD $cUniversity Press of America$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (318 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7618-5243-3 311 $a0-7618-5244-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-276) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aPart 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 330 $aAuthor Patrick Mendis explores unseen forces that have guided America to global dominance. He details how the creation of Madison's 'Universal Empire' through Hamilton's 'Federalism' realizes Jefferson's 'Empire of Liberty.' The author then unveils America's Masonic endgame of universal brotherhood: E Pluribus Unum. 606 $aFounding Fathers of the United States 606 $aFreemasonry$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aProvidence and government of God 615 0$aFounding Fathers of the United States. 615 0$aFreemasonry$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aProvidence and government of God. 676 $a973.2 700 $aMendis$b Patrick$f1960-$01103697 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809577003321 996 $aCommercial providence$94117934 997 $aUNINA