| The Origins of the Federal Republic Contributor(s): Onuf, Peter S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812211677 ISBN-13: 9780812211672 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1983 Annotation: Historians have emphasized the founding fathers' statesmanship and vision in the development of a more powerful union under the federal constitution. In The Origins of the Federal Republic, Peter S. Onuf clarifies the founders' achievement by demonstrating with case studies of New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Virginia that territorial confrontations among the former colonies played a crucial role in shaping early concepts of statehood and union and provided the true basis of the American federalist system. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |
| Dewey: 321.020 |
| LCCN: 83003649 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.96" W x 9.12" (0.99 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Historians have emphasized the founding fathers' statesmanship and vision in the development of a more powerful union under the federal constitution. In The Origins of the Federal Republic, Peter S. Onuf clarifies the founders' achievement by demonstrating with case studies of New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Virginia that territorial confrontations among the former colonies played a crucial role in shaping early concepts of statehood and union and provided the true basis of the American federalist system. |