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The origins of the federal republic : jurisdictional controversies in the United States, 1775-1787 /
Historians have emphasized the founding fathers' statesmanship and vision in the development of a more powerful union under the federal constitution. In The Origins of the Federal Republic, Peter S. Onuf clarifies the founders' achievement by demonstrating with case studies of New York, Pe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
1983.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Historians have emphasized the founding fathers' statesmanship and vision in the development of a more powerful union under the federal constitution. In The Origins of the Federal Republic, Peter S. Onuf clarifies the founders' achievement by demonstrating with case studies of New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Virginia that territorial confrontations among the former colonies played a crucial role in shaping early concepts of statehood and union and provided the true basis of the American federalist system. |
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| Notas: | First paperback edition 1983; reissued 2001. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 284 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780812200386 0812200381 128321086X 9781283210867 9786613210869 6613210862 |