Are We to Be a Nation: The Making of the Constitution - Softcover

Are We to Be a Nation: The Making of the Constitution. Published in cooperation with the New York Public Library.

Paperback. Zustand: Sehr gut. 342 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Ein gutes und sauberes EXemplar/ A good and clean copy. - CONTENT: Foreword Richard B. Morris Preface Vartan Gregorian 1. Prologue: The State of the Union in the 1780s 2. A New Government for a New Nation Creating the Confederation Achievements at Home and Abroad 3. An Age of Experiments in Government An Epoch of Constitution-Making Revising the Laws The Experience of the Loyalists 4. The Confederation in Quandary The Imbecility of Our Government The Rise of a Reform Movement 5. The Great Confluence The Americans Uses of Western Culture The Problem of America in European Thought John Adams Confronts the Philosophes 6. An Assembly of Demigods? Exercises in Creative Statesmanship Frustration and Deadlock in the New York Delegation J. The Struggle for Ratification The First National Political Campaign The Argument over the Constitution The Federalist 8. Under the Constitution The Beginnings of Government The Adoption of the Bill of Rights (among other). ISBN 9780674044760 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1190. Artikel-Nr. 1225896

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