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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Ellis, Joseph J.     Subjects     Washington, George, 1732-1799.     Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.     Jay, John, 1745-1829.     Madison, James, 1751-1836.     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 -- 18th century.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ellis, Joseph J.       by title:      The quartet : orches...       by call number:      342.73029 E47q     Search the Web     Ellis, Joseph J.     Washington, George, 1732-1799.     Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.     Jay, John, 1745-1829.     Madison, James, 1751-1836.     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 -- 18th century.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.       MARC Display

The quartet : orchestrating the second American Revolution, 1783-1789 / by Joseph J. Ellis. by Ellis, Joseph J. Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Call #: 342.73029 E47q Subjects Washington, George, 1732-1799.   Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.   Jay, John, 1745-1829.   Madison, James, 1751-1836.   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 -- 18th century.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789. ISBN:  9780385353403 (hc.) 0385353405 (hc.) 9780804172486 080417248X Alternate title:  Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xx, 290 p. ; 24 cm. Notes:  "A Borzoi book"--Title page verso. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-277) and index. Contents:  Preface : Pluribus to Unum -- The Articles and the Vision -- The Financier and the Prodigy -- The Domain -- The Courting -- Madison's Moment -- The Great Debate -- Unfinished Business -- Appendices. Summary:  "Why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, decided to subordinate themselves anew. The triumph of the American Revolution was neither an ideological nor political guarantee that the colonies would relinquish their independence and accept the creation of a federal government with power over their individual autonomy. 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"--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 342.73029 E47q Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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