A classic in American constitutional history, Max Farrand's famous account of the Federal Convention presents a vivid analysis of the conditions, the convictions, and the men who framed the Constitution of the United States. This basic work clarifies the intentions of the Founding Fathers and sheds light on the many issues of 1787 that are of vital importance today.
A classic in American constitutional history, Max Farrand's famous account of the Federal Convention presents a vivid analysis of the conditions, the ...
"Here is a valuable and rare document providing a woman's perspective on a western passage that has received little attention from historians. Margaret Dwight's journal gives us a first-hand account that goes way beyond the usual reckoning of miles traveled and notes on the weather. She provides an intimate view of the people on the trail. From her observations we get a sense of the back-country settlements of Pennsylvania and Ohio in 1810, the language, the sounds, and even the smells of this early American West. Her journal is full of witty and occasionally sarcastic remarks. For all her...
"Here is a valuable and rare document providing a woman's perspective on a western passage that has received little attention from historians. Margare...
"The United States of America" It was in the Declaration of Independence that this name was first and formally proclaimed to the world, and to maintain its verity the war of the Revolution was fought. Americans like to think that they were then assuming "among the Powers of the Earth the equal and independent Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them"; and, in view of their subsequent marvelous development, they are inclined to add that it must have been before an expectant world.
"The United States of America" It was in the Declaration of Independence that this name was first and formally proclaimed to the world, and to mainta...
"The United States of America" It was in the Declaration of Independence that this name was first and formally proclaimed to the world, and to maintain its verity the war of the Revolution was fought. Americans like to think that they were then assuming "among the Powers of the Earth the equal and independent Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them"; and, in view of their subsequent marvelous development, they are inclined to add that it must have been before an expectant world.
"The United States of America" It was in the Declaration of Independence that this name was first and formally proclaimed to the world, and to mainta...
The Development of the United States From Colonies to a World Power by Max Farrand. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1918 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
The Development of the United States From Colonies to a World Power by Max Farrand. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1918...
