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The Forging of the Union, 1781-1789

Author : Richard Brandon Morris
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Forging of the Union, 1781-1789 written by Richard Brandon Morris and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1987 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the crucial years from the winning of independence to the creation of the federal government, The Forging of the Union may be considered a sequel to Richard B. Morris's Bancroft Award-winning book, The Peacemakers. Reexamining an enormous fund of original sources and the latest monographs, Morris treats the Confederation interlude as an extraordinary, if brief, period of trial and experimentation. Grave doubts were entertained on a wide variety of issues: the survival of an American union, perpetuation of republican values, the power of a strengthened central government to deal with the great European states, prosperity, sectional tensions, and secessionist murmurings. Would a durable union in fact perpetuate a government by the elite to the detriment of the common people? - Back cover.

Empire and Nation

Author : Eliga H. Gould
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421418428
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Empire and Nation written by Eliga H. Gould and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Reader's Guide to American History

Author : Peter J. Parish
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134261896
Total Pages : 930 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Reader's Guide to American History written by Peter J. Parish and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are so many books on so many aspects of the history of the United States, offering such a wide variety of interpretations, that students, teachers, scholars, and librarians often need help and advice on how to find what they want. The Reader's Guide to American History is designed to meet that need by adopting a new and constructive approach to the appreciation of this rich historiography. Each of the 600 entries on topics in political, social and economic history describes and evaluates some 6 to 12 books on the topic, providing guidance to the reader on everything from broad surveys and interpretive works to specialized monographs. The entries are devoted to events and individuals, as well as broader themes, and are written by a team of well over 200 contributors, all scholars of American history.

Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy

Author : Ian W. Toll
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393066649
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy written by Ian W. Toll and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-03-17 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fluent, intelligent history...give[s] the reader a feel for the human quirks and harsh demands of life at sea."—New York Times Book Review Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became the most divisive issue facing the new government. The founders—particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams—debated fiercely. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect from pirates or drain the treasury and provoke hostility? Britain alone had hundreds of powerful warships. From the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliff-hanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale with the political insight of Founding Brothers and the narrative flair of Patrick O'Brian.

Building the American Republic

Author : Harry L. Watson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022630051X
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Building the American Republic written by Harry L. Watson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of United States beginning with the earliest Americans and the arrival of strangers on the eastern shore, then moving through colonial society to the fight for independence and the construction of a federal republic. From there, it explains the renegotiations and refinements that took place as a new nation found its footing, and it traces the actions that eventually rippled into the Civil War. This volume goes beyond famous names and battles to incorporate politics, economics, science, arts, and culture. And it shows that issues that resonate today--immigration, race, labor, gender roles, and the power of technology--have been part of the American fabric since the very beginning. --Adapted from publisher description.

Roots of the Republic

Author : Stephen L. Schechter
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461642795
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Roots of the Republic written by Stephen L. Schechter and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1991-11-01 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roots of the Republic shows how the Constitution was a product, not simply of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, but of a legal and philosophical tradition almost two centuries old. The editors have selected eighteen key documents in the development of that tradition and reproduced them with essays that explain what they mean, why they were written, and why they are important today. Each key document is accompanied by an interpretive essay written by a contemporary scholar. These essays focus on the importance of each frame of government and include commentaries on why they are meaningful today. Intended to help readers learn how to read and understand these documents, the book is also a handy reference and a strong introduction to the development of political thought and the debates surrounding the formation of the state governments and the federal union.

Roger Sherman and the Creation of the American Republic

Author : Mark David Hall
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019992984X
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Roger Sherman and the Creation of the American Republic written by Mark David Hall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of leading figures of his day, Roger Sherman was a member of the five-man committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence and an influential delegate at the Constitutional Convention. As a Representative and Senator in the new republic, he had a hand in determining the proper scope of the national government's power as well as drafting the Bill of Rights. In Roger Sherman and the Creation of the American Republic, Mark David Hall explores Sherman's political theory and shows how it informed his many contributions to America's founding. A close examination of Sherman's religious beliefs provides insight into how those beliefs informed his political actions. Hall shows that Sherman, like many founders, was influenced by Calvinist political thought, a tradition that played a role in the founding generation's opposition to Great Britain, and led them to develop political institutions designed to prevent corruption, promote virtue, and protect rights. Contrary to oft-repeated assertions that the founders advocated a strictly secular policy, Hall argues persuasively that most founders believed Christianity should play an important role in the new American republic.

Inventing the American Presidency

Author : Thomas E. Cronin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Inventing the American Presidency written by Thomas E. Cronin and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In fourteen essays, supplemented by relevant sections of and amendments to the Constitution and five Federalist essays by Hamilton--provides the reader with the essential historical and political analyses of who and what shaped the presidency.

The Founding Fathers Reconsidered

Author : R. B. Bernstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195338324
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Founding Fathers Reconsidered written by R. B. Bernstein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a scholarly, yet accessible work, Bernstein reveals the Founding Fathers not as shining demigods but as imperfect human beings who nevertheless achieved political greatness.

Writing the American Past

Author : Mark M. Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405163593
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Writing the American Past written by Mark M. Smith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing the American Past reproduces dozens of untranscribed, handwritten documents, offering students the opportunity to transcribe, decipher, and interpret primary sources. Documents include diary entries from Massachusetts in the 1690s, a woman detailing the Great Awakening, an eighteenth-century treaty with Native Americans, a journal describing antebellum train travel, and a letter by a slave Skillfully teaches students to engage with the raw material of pre-1877 US history: the written document An introduction and headnotes to each document contextualize the sources and provide a foundation from which the student can explore the material

Cradle of America

Author : Peter Wallenstein
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700619941
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Cradle of America written by Peter Wallenstein and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the site of the first permanent English settlement in North America, the birthplace of a presidential dynasty, and the gateway to western growth in the nation’s early years, Virginia can rightfully be called the “cradle of America.” Peter Wallenstein traces major themes across four centuries in a brisk narrative that recalls the people and events that have shaped the Old Dominion. The second edition is updated with new material throughout, including a new chapter on Virginia and world affairs from the Korean War through 9/11 and beyond, and, an expanded bibliography. Historical accounts of Virginia have often emphasized harmony and tradition, but Wallenstein focuses on the impact of conflict and change. From the beginning, Virginians have debated and challenged each other’s visions of Virginia, and Wallenstein shows how these differences have influenced its sometimes turbulent development. Casting an eye on blacks as well as whites, and on people from both east and west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, he traces such key themes as political power, racial identity, and education. Bringing to bear his long experience teaching Virginia history, Wallenstein takes readers back, even before Jamestown, to the Elizabethan settlers at Roanoke Island and the inhabitants they encountered, as well as to Virginia’s leaders of the American Revolution. He chronicles the state’s dramatic journey through the Civil War era, a time that revealed how the nation’s evolution sometimes took shape in opposition to the vision of many leading Virginians. He also examines the impact of the civil rights movement and considers controversies that accompany Virginia into its fifth century. The text is copiously illustrated to depict not only such iconic figures as Pocahontas, George Washington, and Robert E. Lee, but also such other prominent native Virginians as Carter G. Woodson, Patsy Cline, and L. Douglas Wilder. Sidebars throughout the book offer further insight, while maps and appendixes of reference data make the volume a complete resource on Virginia’s history.

The Writing and Ratification of the U.S. Constitution

Author : John R. Vile
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442217707
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The Writing and Ratification of the U.S. Constitution written by John R. Vile and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Writing and Ratification of the U.S. Constitution: Practical Virtue in Action examines the events surrounding the development of the U.S. Constitution. Setting these events within the context of the colonial conflict with Britain and the experience with state constitutions under the Articles of Confederation, John R. Vile discusses the delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the major plans and proposals that delegates offered, and the arguments that delegates made both in the Convention and in subsequent state ratifying debates that ultimately led to the adoption of the U.S. Bill of Rights. Vile contends that the Convention and subsequent ratifying conventions were not mere exercises in political theory but practical attempts to formulate a workable government that all the states would ratify. Focusing chiefly on records of debates at the Convention, the book is a legal brief, identifying key facts, issues, arguments, and compromises, and providing a unique window into the contestation surrounding this keystone American political moment. This book is perfect for scholars and students in the field of American political history and development.

David McCullough American Presidents E-Book Box Set

Author : David McCullough
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 145165815X
Total Pages : 2289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book David McCullough American Presidents E-Book Box Set written by David McCullough and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 2289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From “America’s most beloved biographer, David McCullough” (Time)—a collection of his bestselling biographies of American Presidents. This ebook box set features David McCullough’s award-winning biographies of American Presidents. John Adams is the magisterial, Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of the independent, irascible Yankee patriot, one of our nation’s founders and most important figures, who became our second president. Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant National Book Award–winning biography of young Theodore Roosevelt’s metamorphosis from sickly child to a vigorous, intense man poised to become a national hero and then president. Truman is the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Harry Truman, the complex and courageous man who rose from modest origins to make momentous decisions as president, from dropping the atomic bomb to going to war in Korea. Including a special bonus: The Course of Human Events. In this Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, David McCullough draws on his personal experience as a historian to acknowledge the crucial importance of writing in history’s enduring impact and influence, and he affirms the significance of history in teaching us about human nature through the ages.

We Have Not a Government

Author : George William Van Cleve
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022664152X
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book We Have Not a Government written by George William Van Cleve and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-04-05 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1783, as the Revolutionary War came to a close, Alexander Hamilton resigned in disgust from the Continental Congress after it refused to consider a fundamental reform of the Articles of Confederation. Just four years later, that same government collapsed, and Congress grudgingly agreed to support the 1787 Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, which altered the Articles beyond recognition. What occurred during this remarkably brief interval to cause the Confederation to lose public confidence and inspire Americans to replace it with a dramatically more flexible and powerful government? We Have Not a Government is the story of this contentious moment in American history. In George William Van Cleve’s book, we encounter a sharply divided America. The Confederation faced massive war debts with virtually no authority to compel its members to pay them. It experienced punishing trade restrictions and strong resistance to American territorial expansion from powerful European governments. Bitter sectional divisions that deadlocked the Continental Congress arose from exploding western settlement. And a deep, long-lasting recession led to sharp controversies and social unrest across the country amid roiling debates over greatly increased taxes, debt relief, and paper money. Van Cleve shows how these remarkable stresses transformed the Confederation into a stalemate government and eventually led previously conflicting states, sections, and interest groups to advocate for a union powerful enough to govern a continental empire. Touching on the stories of a wide-ranging cast of characters—including John Adams, Patrick Henry, Daniel Shays, George Washington, and Thayendanegea—Van Cleve makes clear that it was the Confederation’s failures that created a political crisis and led to the 1787 Constitution. Clearly argued and superbly written, We Have Not a Government is a must-read history of this crucial period in our nation’s early life.

Slave Nation

Author : Alfred W Blumrosen
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 140222611X
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Slave Nation written by Alfred W Blumrosen and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book all Americans should read, Slave Nation reveals the key role racism played in the American Revolutionary War, so we can see our past more clearly and build a better future. In 1772, the High Court in London freed a slave from Virginia named Somerset, setting a precedent that would end slavery in England. In America, racist fury over this momentous decision united the Northern and Southern colonies and convinced them to fight for independence. Meticulously researched and accessible, Slave Nation provides a little-known view of the birth of our nation and its earliest steps toward self-governance. Slave Nation is a fascinating account of the role slavery played in the American Revolution and in the framing of the Constitution, offering a fresh examination of the "fight for freedom" that embedded racism into our national identity, led to the Civil War, and reverberates through Black Lives Matter protests today. "A radical, well-informed, and highly original reinterpretation of the place of slavery in the American War of Independence."—David Brion Davis, Yale University

The Selling of the Constitutional Convention

Author : John K. Alexander
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780945612155
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Selling of the Constitutional Convention written by John K. Alexander and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1990 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Break barriers that hinder your progress.

A Brief History of American Culture

Author : Robert M. Crunden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317478282
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of American Culture written by Robert M. Crunden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The discussion of each period is wide-ranging, analyzing movements and spotlighting major figures in politics and philosophy, law and literature, economics and education, jazz and journalism, science and civil rights. A readable, insightful overview of the underlying patterns that give shape to U.S. cultural history. Nonacademic readers will find Crunden's selective bibliographical essay helpful". -- Booklist