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James Wilson : the anxious founder /

"This study includes James Wilson's intellectual, political, and legal contributions in American history. The author also analyzes Wilson's life as a transatlantic success story and looks at the impact of the Scottish Enlightenment on American society, discourse, and government"-...

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Main Author: Taylor, Michael H., (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]
Subjects and Genres:
Wilson, James, > 1742-1798.
Wilson, James, > 1742-1798 > Influence.
United States. > Constitution > Signers > Biography.
Founding Fathers of the United States > Biography.
Constitutional history > United States.
Lawyers > Pennsylvania > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789.
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Table of Contents:
  • James Wilson Returns to Philadelphia
  • Leaving Scotland for America
  • Philadelphia 1768
  • James Wilson, William White, and The Visitant
  • Reading 1768
  • On the Edge of Empire
  • Philadelphia 1787
  • The Constitutional Convention
  • The State House Yard Speech
  • October 6, 1878
  • The Anti-Federalists Respond
  • Twilight
  • Lingering Effects
  • The Wilson/Roosevelt Doctrine
  • Concluding Thoughts
  • James Wilson's Contribution.

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