The beginnings of national politics : an interpretive history of the Continental Congress / Jack N. Rakove.
Two momentous meetings at Philadelphia frame the subject of this book. The First Continental Congress of 1774 and the Constitutional convention of 1787. The creation of an effective national government was one of the most difficult and persistent tasks that the Revolutionaries confronted, and it was...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
1979.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Two momentous meetings at Philadelphia frame the subject of this book. The First Continental Congress of 1774 and the Constitutional convention of 1787. The creation of an effective national government was one of the most difficult and persistent tasks that the Revolutionaries confronted, and it was a problem whose dimensions seemed to change with the course of events. In the early years of the Revolution, union depended largely on the delegates' ability to frame a broadly acceptable strategy of resistance. By the late 1770's and early 1780's it meant devising expedients to sustain a tottering war effort and the morale of a tired populace. After independence was secured, the continued existence of a federal union came to require a thorough and incisive reexamination of major principles of American republicanism. |
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| Item Description: | "Borzoi book."--Colophon. Author is an alumnus of Evanston Township High School, class of 1964. |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 484 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-469) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0394423704 9780394423708 |