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A History of the Northwest Ordinance
This new edition of Statehood and Union: A History of the Northwest Ordinance, originally published in 1987, is an authoritative account of the origin...
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. ...
New York Times Bestseller Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle Finalist for the George Washington Prize Finalist for...
The Language of American Nationhood
Thomas Jefferson believed that the American revolution was atransformative moment in the history of political civilization. He hoped that hisown effor...
In The Mind of Thomas Jefferson, one of the foremost historians of Jefferson and his time, Peter S. Onuf, offers a collection of essays that seeks to ...
Modern History and the American Civil War
The limits of history -- Liberal society -- Civilized nations -- Moral persons -- Nation making -- Adam Smith, moral historian -- National destinies -...
The Origin and Influence of America's Founding Document
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Political and Economic Thought in Revolutionary America
From the onset of the Revolution in 1776 to the inauguration of the federal government in 1789, American political culture was transformed. The moveme...
This book analyzes Thomas Jefferson's conception of American nationhood in light of the political and social demands facing the post-Revolutionary Rep...
The Law of Nations in an Age of Revolutions, 1776-1814
In this thought-provoking analysis of international relations, the authors relate the emergence of the modern state-societies to the experiments in co...
The Politics of Violence in the American Revolutionary Era
Between Sovereignty and Anarchy considers the conceptual and political problem of violence in the early modern Anglo-Atlantic, charting an innovative ...
Perspectives from the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Both exhibition and book celebrate the society's 225th year. Distributed for the Massachusetts Historical Society...