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008 150213s2015 nyu b 001 0deng
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020 $a9780385353403 (cloth : alkaline paper)
020 $a9780804172486 (paperback : alkaline paper)
020 $z9780385353410 (ebook)
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050 00 $aE303$b.E43 2015
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084 $aHIS036030$aHIS036000$aHIS031000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aEllis, Joseph J.
245 14 $aThe quartet :$borchestrating the second American Revolution, 1783-1789 /$cJoseph J. Ellis.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2015.
300 $axx, 290 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-277) and index.
520 2 $a"The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--brilliantly told--of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. The triumph of the American Revolution was neither an ideological nor political guarantee that the colonies would relinquish their independence and accept the creation of a federal government with power over their individual autonomy. The Quartet is the story of this second American founding and of the men responsible--some familiar, such as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, and some less so, such as Robert Morris and Governeur Morris. It was these men who shaped the contours of American history by diagnosing the systemic dysfunctions created by the Articles of Confederation, manipulating the political process to force a calling of the Constitutional Convention, conspiring to set the agenda in Philadelphia, orchestrating the debate in the state ratifying conventions, and, finally, drafting the Bill of Rights to assure state compliance with the constitutional settlement"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aPreface : 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 -- Appendices.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1783-1789.
650 0 $aStatesmen$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aPoliticians$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aConfederation of states$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aFederal government$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aConstitutional history$zUnited States.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Revolutionary.$2bisacsh
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