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.
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.
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Peter S. Onuf is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History, University of Virginia. He is the author of Jefferson’s Empire: The Language of American Nationhood and coeditor of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson: History, Memory, and Civic Culture.Achetez cet ebook et obtenez-en 1 de plus GRATUITEMENT !
Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 304 ● ISBN 9780812200386 ● Taille du fichier 16.4 MB ● Maison d’édition University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. ● Lieu Philadelphia ● Pays US ● Publié 2010 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 2572603 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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