R B Bernstein

The Founding Fathers Reconsidered

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This concise and elegant book reintroduces us to the history that shaped the founding fathers, the history that they made, and what history has made of them. It gives the reader a context within which to explore the world of the founding fathers and their complex and still-controversial achievements and legacies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 141mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9780199832576
• ISBN-10: 0199832579
• Artikelnr.: 33254035

Autorenporträt

R. B. Bernstein is Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School, and has written, edited, or co-edited nineteen books on American constitutional and legal history, including Thomas Jefferson.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I. The History that Made the Founding Fathers
The State of the Union
Free-Born English Subjects
The Intellectual World
II. The History that the Founding Fathers Made
Independence
Constitution-Making
Federalism
Politics
Church and State
Equality, Inequality, and Slavery
America in the World
Part III. What History Made of the Founding Fathers
Ancestor Worship?
"Which Founding Father Are You?"
The Dead Hand of the Past: Original Intent
Conclusion
Notes
Chronology
Further Reading