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Author | : K. M. Kostyal |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1426211759 |
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Kostyal tells the story of the great American heroes who created the Declaration of Independence, fought the American Revolution, shaped the US Constitution--and changed the world. The era's dramatic events, from the riotous streets in Boston to the unlikely victory at Saratoga, are punctuated with lavishly illustrated biographies of the key founders--Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and James Madison--who shaped the very idea of America. An introduction and ten expertly-rendered National Geographic maps round out this ideal gift for history buff and student alike. Filled with beautiful illustrations, maps, and inspired accounts from the men and women who made America, Founding Fathers brings the birth of the new nation to light.
Author | : Encyclopaedia Britannica |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 2007-08-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0470117923 |
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Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on the Founding Fathers, their actions, and their intentions in writing the U.S. Constitution.
Author | : Robert E. Wright |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2006-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0226910687 |
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The authors chronicle how a different group of nine founding fathers forged the wealth and institutions necessary to transform the American colonies from a diffuse alliance of contending business interests into one cohesive economic superpower.
Author | : Richard Brookhiser |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1997-02-22 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0684831422 |
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"Revisits the spectacular career of George Washington, at once our most familiar and enigmatic president. Challenging the modern perceptions of Washington as either a political figurehead of little actual importance or a folk legend rather than a real man, Brookhiser traces the president's amazing accomplishments as a statesman, soldier, and founder of a great nation in a quarter century of activity that remains unmatched by any modern leader. Brookhiser goes on to examine Washington's education, ideals, and intellectual curiosity, illuminating how Washington's character and values shaped the beginnings of American politics."--Page 4 of cover.
Author | : Brion McClanahan |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2009-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1596985933 |
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A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!
Author | : Brion McClanahan |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2013-05-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 162157072X |
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Are liberals right when they cite the “elastic” clauses of the Constitution to justify big government? Or are conservatives right when they cite the Constitution’s explicit limits on federal power? The answer lies in a more basic question: How did the founding generation intend for us to interpret and apply the Constitution? Professor Brion McClanahan, popular author of The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to the Founding Fathers, finds the answers by going directly to the source—to the Founding Fathers themselves, who debated all the relevant issues in their state constitutional conventions. In The Founding Fathers’ Guide to the Constitution, you’ll discover: How the Constitution was designed to protect rather than undermine the rights of States Why Congress, not the executive branch, was meant to be the dominant branch of government—and why the Founders would have argued for impeaching many modern presidents for violating the Constitution Why an expansive central government was the Founders’ biggest fear, and how the Constitution—and the Bill of Rights—was designed to guard against it Why the founding generation would regard most of the current federal budget—including “stimulus packages”—as unconstitutional Why the Founding Fathers would oppose attempts to “reform” the Electoral College Why the Founding Fathers would be horrified at the enormous authority of the Supreme Court, and why the Founders intended Congress, not the Court, to interpret federal law Authoritative, fascinating, and timely, The Founding Fathers’ Guide to the Constitution is the definitive layman’s guide to America’s most important—and often willfully misunderstood—historical document
Author | : Bruce Ackerman |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2005-10-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674018662 |
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Based on seven years of archival research, the book describes previously unknown aspects of the electoral college crisis of 1800, presenting a revised understanding of the early days of two great institutions that continue to have a major impact on American history: the plebiscitarian presidency and a Supreme Court that struggles to put the presidency's claims of a popular mandate into constitutional perspective. Through close studies of two Supreme Court cases, Ackerman shows how the court integrated Federalist and Republican themes into the living Constitution of the early republic.
Author | : Matthew Harris |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195326490 |
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Whether America was founded as a Christian nation or as a secular republic is one of the most fiercely debated questions in American history. Historians Matthew Harris and Thomas Kidd offer an authoritative examination of the essential documents needed to understand this debate. The texts included in this volume - writings and speeches from both well-known and obscure early American thinkers - show that religion played a prominent yet fractious role in the era of the American Revolution. In their personal beliefs, the Founders ranged from profound skeptics like Thomas Paine to traditional Christians like Patrick Henry. Nevertheless, most of the Founding Fathers rallied around certain crucial religious principles, including the idea that people were "created" equal, the belief that religious freedom required the disestablishment of state-backed denominations, the necessity of virtue in a republic, and the role of Providence in guiding the affairs of nations. Harris and Kidd show that through the struggles of war and the framing of the Constitution, Americans sought to reconcile their dedication to religious vitality with their commitment to religious freedom.
Author | : Hugh Howard |
Publisher | : Artisan Books |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781579652753 |
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A thought-provoking tour of the eighteenth-century houses belonging to some of America's most important early leaders looks inside the domestic world of the Founding Fathers to chronicle the private lives, families, culture, interests, and aspirations of Jefferson, Washington, Adams, Hamilton, and others in each of the original thirteen colonies.
Author | : David Lynn Holmes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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