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Ellis, Joseph J.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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