The Debate on the Constitution, Part 2: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification: January to August 1788
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| ISBN | 0940450100 |
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| ISBN | 1883011035 |
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| ISBN | 0940450291 |
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| ISBN | 0679781218 |
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| Author | Theodore Roosevelt |
| ISBN | 1931082669 |
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The Politics of Upheaval 1935-36
| Author | Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. |
| ISBN | 0618340874 |
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| Author | Alexander Hamilton |
| ISBN | 1931082049 |
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| ISBN | 0940450631 |
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| ISBN | 1883011043 |
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| ISBN | 1883011663 |
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| ISBN | 0631186271 |
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| ISBN | 1555530621 |
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| ISBN | 0393308251 |
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| Author | John H. Rhodehamel |
| ISBN | 1883011914 |
In 1763 Great Britain possessed the largest and most powerful empire since the fall of Rome, and its colonists in North America were justifiably proud of their vital place within it. Just thirteen short years later the empire was in tatters, and the thirteen colonies proclaimed themselves the free...
| Author | Gordon S. Wood |
| ISBN | 1594202907 |
The preeminent historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history.
More than almost any other nation in the world, the United States began as an idea. For this reason, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood believes that the American...
| Author | Charles Rappleye |
| ISBN | 1416570918 |
In this biography, the acclaimed author of Sons of Providence, winner of the 2007 George Wash- ington Book Prize, recovers an immensely important part of the founding drama of the country in the story of Robert Morris, the man who financed Washington’s armies and the American Revolution. Morris...
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| ISBN | 0940450348 |
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| Author | Willard Sterne Randall |
| ISBN | 0688109683 |
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