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The quartet : orchestrating the second American Revolution, 1783-1789 / by Joseph J. Ellis.

Ellis, Joseph J. (Author).

Summary:
"The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--brilliantly told--of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide 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 Quartet is 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385353403 (hardback : alkaline paper)
  • ISBN: 0385353405 (hardback : alkaline paper)
  • ISBN: 9780804172486 (paperback : alkaline paper)
  • ISBN: 080417248X (paperback : alkaline paper)
  • Physical Description: xx, 290 pages (paperback) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789.
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.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 34 of 34 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 34 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library 342.7302 ELLIS (Text) 50686014853886 Storage Available -
Bangor Public Library 342.73 ELL (Text) 75011000364007 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Blossburg Memorial Library 342.73 ELL (Text) 30063001034745 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 342.7302 E477q (Text) 85131001457796 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Coudersport Public Library 342.7302 ELL (Text) 30183000703288 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults 342.7 ELL Nonfiction (Text) 34001001260916 Adult Area Available -
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Glatfelter Memorial Library Adults 342.730 ELL Nonfiction (Text) 34216000820946 Adult Area Available -
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