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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: McDonald, Forrest. Novus ordo seclorum. Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©1985 (OCoLC)565491478 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Forrest McDonald; United States. |
ISBN: | 0700602844 9780700602841 0700603115 9780700603114 |
OCLC Number: | 12214284 |
Notes: | "The Constitution of the United States": pages [299]-311. |
Description: | xiii, 359 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | The problem -- The rights of Englishmen -- Systems of political theory -- Systems of political economy -- The lessons of experience, 1776-1787 -- The framers: principles and interests -- The Convention: constituting a government -- Powers, principles, and consequences -- Appendix A. Delegates attending the Convention -- The Constitution of the United States. |
Responsibility: | Forrest McDonald. |
More information: | |
Local System Bib Number: | 1610475867688_38520 991000247139705351 |
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A witty and energetic study of the ideas and passions of the Framers." -New York Times Book Review"Bristles with wit and intellectual energy." -Christian Science Monitor"A masterpiece. McDonald's status as an interpreter of the Constitution is unequalled magisterial." -National Review"Thoroughly impressive. A book that is consistently enlightening and one that, more than any of McDonald's previous works, stands as a monument to his remarkable talents." -William and Mary Quarterly"As provocative as it is difficult to put down." -Georgia Historical Quarterly"The best single volume on the origins of the Constitution." -Choice"An important, comprehensive statement about the most fundamental period in American history. It deals authoritatively with topics no student of America can afford to ignore." -Harvey Mansfield, author of The Spirit of Liberalism Read more...
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