x dismiss this message
Did you know you can edit this page?
-
Sign Into Shelfari
-
Choose something to edit
-
Save your contributions
see page history
Description edit
This is the first major interpretation of the framing of the Constitution to appear in more than two decades. Forrest McDonald, widely considered one of the foremost historians of the Constitution and of the early national period, reconstructs the intellectual world of the Founding... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
People edit
- Alexander Hamilton: Add a description of this character.
- David Hume
- Adam Smith
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Wilson
- James Madison
- John Dickinson
- John Locke
- John Adams
- Gouverneur Morris
- Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
- Mason
- Burnett
- Randolph
- Sherman
- Steuart
- Gerry
- Mandeville
- Farrand
- Thorpe
- Ellsworth
- Luther Martin
- Williamson
- Mary
- Charles Pinckney
- Gorham
- Franklin
- Richard Henry Lee
- Yates
- Butler
- Patrick Henry
- Harrington
- Robert Morris
- George Iii
- Taylor
- Rutledge
- Mansfield
- Mcdonald
- Syrett
Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- Virginia
- New England
- Washington
- America
- United States
- Massachusetts
- Pennsylvania
- Montesquieu
- North Carolina
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- London
- South Carolina
- New Jersey
- Philadelphia
- Boston
- Cambridge
- Delaware
- Great Britain
- Rhode Island
- Europe
- Cato
- N.y.
- Rutland
- Boyd
- New Hampshire
- France
- Chicago
- Lansing
- Kent
- D.c.
- Indianapolis
- Spain
- Paris
- N.j.
- Rome
- Mississippi
- Baltimore
- Providence
- Venice
- Green
- Juba
- Public Good
First Sentence edit
SORELY DIVIDED AS AMERICANS WERE IN regard to independence, the Patriots among them, at least in principle, were nearly unanimous in their understanding of what independence entailed.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Forrest McDonald (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1985
ISBN: 0700602844
Page Count: 376
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1985
ISBN: 0700602844
Page Count: 376
Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 1986: History)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 320.0973
Subjects edit
Popular Tags
We’re hiding the errata, movie connections, books that influenced this book, books influenced by this book, books that cite this book and books cited by this book sections. If you would like to add content to them, you must first make them visible.
