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The quartet : orchestrating the second American Revolution, 1783-1789 /

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"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 Am...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellis, Joseph J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
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.
HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
HISTORY / United States / General.
HISTORY / Revolutionary.
Confederation of states.
Constitutional history.
Federal government.
Politicians.
Politics and government.
Statesmen.
United States.
1700 - 1799
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
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Table of 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
  • Final pieces.