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The quartet : orchestrating the second American Revolution, 1783-1789

Ellis, Joseph J., author

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\"The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. The Quartet is the story of this second American founding and of the men responsible-- some familiar, such as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, and some less so, such as Robert Morris and Governeur Morris. It was these men who shaped the contours of American history by diagnosing the systemic dysfunctions created by the Articles of Confederation, manipulating the political process to force a calling of the Constitutional Convention, conspiring to set the agenda in Philadelphia, orchestrating the debate in the state ratifying conventions, and, finally, drafting the Bill of Rights to assure state compliance with the constitutional settlement\"-- Provided by publisher.

• الناشر: Alfred A. Knopf
• موضوع: Statesmen United States Biography. / Politicians United States Biography. / Confederation of states United States History 18th century. / Federal government United States History 18th century. / Constitutional history United States. / HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800). / HISTORY / United States / General. / HISTORY / Revolutionary. / United States Politics and government 1783-1789.
• ISBN: 9780385353403, 0385353405, 9780804172486, 080417248X

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اتصل بالرقم	نسخ	مواد	موقع
E303.E43 2015	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE