A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American ConstitutionHarperCollins, 20. okt. 2003 - 322 strani Historian Carol Berkin's A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution is a rich narrative portrait of post-revolutionary America and the men who shaped its political future. "Just as the Constitution was a brilliant solution to the problems of the 1780s, Carol Berkin's book is a brilliant account of the making of that constitution. Written with great verve and clarity, it nicely captures all the contingency and unpredictability in the framing of the Constitution."—Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood Though the American Revolution is widely recognized as our nation's founding story, the years immediately following the war — when our government was a disaster and the country was in a terrible crisis — were in fact the most crucial in establishing the country's independence. The group of men who traveled to Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 had no idea what kind of history their meeting would make. But all their ideas, arguments, and compromises — from the creation of the Constitution itself, article by article, to the insistence that it remain a living, evolving document — laid the foundation for a government that has surpassed the founders' greatest hopes. Revisiting all the original historical documents of the period and drawing from her deep knowledge of eighteenth-century politics, Carol Berkin opens up the hearts and minds of America's founders, revealing the issues they faced, the times they lived in, and their humble expectations of success. |
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Inventing the American Constitution Carol Berkin. their next president on the following day. There ... George W. Bush—Americans would learn the name of the victor over their ... Washington, D.C., a third plane crashed into the 2 Carol Berkin.
Inventing the American Constitution Carol Berkin. their next president on the following day. There ... George W. Bush—Americans would learn the name of the victor over their ... Washington, D.C., a third plane crashed into the 2 Carol Berkin.
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... George Washington, James Madison, William Livingston, and Alexander Hamilton, one cannot doubt that they viewed their circumstances gravely. It was this sense of crisis that led them to Philadelphia 6 Carol Berkin.
... George Washington, James Madison, William Livingston, and Alexander Hamilton, one cannot doubt that they viewed their circumstances gravely. It was this sense of crisis that led them to Philadelphia 6 Carol Berkin.
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... George Washington was one of the doubting Thomases. For most of the month of July 1787, the delegates feared the convention would dissolve, broken by intractable disagreements. From September until spring of the following year, men like ...
... George Washington was one of the doubting Thomases. For most of the month of July 1787, the delegates feared the convention would dissolve, broken by intractable disagreements. From September until spring of the following year, men like ...
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... George Washington lamented the steady stream of diplomatic humiliations suffered by the young Republic. Fellow Virginian James Madison talked gravely of mortal diseases afflicting the confederacy. In New Jersey William Livingston ...
... George Washington lamented the steady stream of diplomatic humiliations suffered by the young Republic. Fellow Virginian James Madison talked gravely of mortal diseases afflicting the confederacy. In New Jersey William Livingston ...
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... George Washington, the Lees of Virginia, and even Benjamin Franklin, who owned shares in large land companies. Unfortunately, each of these blessings soon proved to have a darker side. True, the restrictions and injustices suffered in ...
... George Washington, the Lees of Virginia, and even Benjamin Franklin, who owned shares in large land companies. Unfortunately, each of these blessings soon proved to have a darker side. True, the restrictions and injustices suffered in ...
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