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The forging of the Union, 1781-1789 /

Covering the crucial years from the winning of independence to the creation of the federal government, The Forging of the Union may be considered a sequel to Richard B. Morris's Bancroft Award-winning book, The Peacemakers. Reexamining an enormous fund of original sources and the latest monogra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morris, Richard B. 1904-1989.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper & Row, ©1987.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:New American nation series
Subjects and Genres:
1783-1789
Constitutional history > United States.
Constitutions > United States.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
Constitutions > États-Unis.
Constitutional history.
Constitutions.
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1783-1789.
États-Unis > Histoire constitutionnelle.
United States.
Constitutional history > United States
Constitutions > United States
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789
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Table of Contents:
  • A people, independent and at peace
  • The military-fiscal complex : the Army, the creditors, and the nation
  • Congress and the people
  • Congress and the states : operating under the Articles of Confederation
  • The people and the states : constitution-making and constituent power
  • The new nation's first depression
  • A cautiously transforming egalitarianism
  • In diplomacy : friction and frustration
  • The West and the Mississippi
  • Effective union or dismembered states?
  • Creating a new constitution
  • Ratification and union.

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