Author: John JayPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay ...: 1781-1782
Author: John JayThe Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay ... Ed. by Henry P. Johnston ...: 1782-1793
Author: John JayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
List of Works Relating to the Supreme Court of the United States
Author: Library of Congress. Division of BibliographyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay
Author: Experiencing Empire
Author: Patrick GriffinPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813939895
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Born of clashing visions of empire in England and the colonies, the American Revolution saw men and women grappling with power— and its absence—in dynamic ways. On both sides of the revolutionary divide, Americans viewed themselves as an imperial people. This perspective conditioned how they understood the exercise of power, how they believed governments had to function, and how they situated themselves in a world dominated by other imperial players. Eighteenth-century Americans experienced what can be called an "imperial-revolutionary moment." Over the course of the eighteenth century, the colonies were integrated into a broader Atlantic world, a process that forced common men and women to reexamine the meanings and influences of empire in their own lives. The tensions inherent in this process led to revolution. After the Revolution, the idea of empire provided order—albeit at a cost to many—during a chaotic period. Viewing the early republic from an imperial-revolutionary perspective, the essays in this collection consider subjects as far-ranging as merchants, winemaking, slavery, sex, and chronology to nostalgia, fort construction, and urban unrest. They move from the very center of the empire in London to the far western frontier near St. Louis, offering a new way to consider America’s most formative period.
Seizing Destiny
Author: Richard KlugerPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375712984
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Less than 100 years after its creation as a fragile republic, the United States more than quadrupled its size, making it the world's third largest nation. No other country or sovereign power had ever grown so big so fast or become so rich and so powerful. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Richard Kluger chronicles this epic achievement in a compelling narrative, celebrating the energy, daring, and statecraft behind America's insatiable land hunger while exploring the moral lapses that accompanied it. Comprehensive and balanced, Seizing Destiny is a revelatory, often surprising reexamination of the nation's breathless expansion, dwelling on both great accomplishments and the American people's tendency to confuse opportunistic success with heaven-sent entitlement that came to be called manifest destiny.
Citizens of the World
Author: David HancockPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521629423
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Examines the business and social strategies of the men who developed the British empire in the eighteenth century.
The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay: 1781-1782
Author: John JayPublisher:
ISBN: 9780833718471
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Catalogue of Accessions to the Legislative Library of the Province of Ontario During the Years
Author: Ontario. Legislative LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Catalogue of Accessions to the Legislative Library of the Province of Ontario During the Years 1913, 1914 and 1915
Author: Ontario. Legislative LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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