Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
22.03.2021
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
36
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/0,2 cm
Gewicht
69 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5450-329-0
Before newspapers could settle it, delegates met in Harrisburg to argue the shape of a new republic. Power decided in quiet rooms. In a city on the Susquehanna, the pressures of nation-building felt immediate and personal. Harrisburg Conference, September, 1788 by A. Boyd Hamilton delivers the historical conference proceedings as a complete primary source text, where the record is allowed to speak. Set in the uncertain calm after independence, these pages preserve archival government documents that anchor early American political history in lived politics rather than legend. They trace the texture of post-Revolution Pennsylvania politics: committees, formal motions, and the careful language of consensus. Hamilton's work offers a dependable window into how public meetings were recorded, circulated, and remembered. Read a few pages for atmosphere, or study the whole for evidence, citation, and comparison across communities in 1788. For anyone following the United States founding era, the volume reveals founding era diplomacy at work beyond the great capitals, when local priorities pressed hard against national purpose. It belongs on the desk as an academic history reference, and in the hands of local history researchers seeking Harrisburg Pennsylvania history in authentic detail. Classic-history collectors will also recognise it as a quietly essential artefact of 18th century America, and a worthy companion to any Pennsylvania colonial history collection. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.
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