A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American ConstitutionHarperCollins, 20. okt. 2003 - 322 sider Historian Carol Berkin's A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution is a rich narrative portrait of post-revolutionary America and the men who shaped its political future. "Just as the Constitution was a brilliant solution to the problems of the 1780s, Carol Berkin's book is a brilliant account of the making of that constitution. Written with great verve and clarity, it nicely captures all the contingency and unpredictability in the framing of the Constitution."—Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood Though the American Revolution is widely recognized as our nation's founding story, the years immediately following the war — when our government was a disaster and the country was in a terrible crisis — were in fact the most crucial in establishing the country's independence. The group of men who traveled to Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 had no idea what kind of history their meeting would make. But all their ideas, arguments, and compromises — from the creation of the Constitution itself, article by article, to the insistence that it remain a living, evolving document — laid the foundation for a government that has surpassed the founders' greatest hopes. Revisiting all the original historical documents of the period and drawing from her deep knowledge of eighteenth-century politics, Carol Berkin opens up the hearts and minds of America's founders, revealing the issues they faced, the times they lived in, and their humble expectations of success. |
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... military or the streets, reflecting perfectly the political culture of the nation. In the end, the Supreme Court played a role in settling the dispute. The true victory, most commentators and political figures agreed, was the fact that ...
... military or the streets, reflecting perfectly the political culture of the nation. In the end, the Supreme Court played a role in settling the dispute. The true victory, most commentators and political figures agreed, was the fact that ...
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... Military jet fighters raced to provide protection for the president of the United States. The vice president was taken to safety as well. At the same time, diplomats moved to se- cure cooperation from other nations, wielding the great ...
... Military jet fighters raced to provide protection for the president of the United States. The vice president was taken to safety as well. At the same time, diplomats moved to se- cure cooperation from other nations, wielding the great ...
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Inventing the American Constitution Carol Berkin. billions of dollars worth of military equipment and thousands of military personnel were deployed for a war against the terrorists responsible for the attacks and those who harbored them ...
Inventing the American Constitution Carol Berkin. billions of dollars worth of military equipment and thousands of military personnel were deployed for a war against the terrorists responsible for the attacks and those who harbored them ...
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... military or civil, the restoration of law and order was in doubt. Even worse, a political disorder on the highest levels had reached critical proportions. The cooperation among the states, forged in the 1770s and sustained during the ...
... military or civil, the restoration of law and order was in doubt. Even worse, a political disorder on the highest levels had reached critical proportions. The cooperation among the states, forged in the 1770s and sustained during the ...
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... military force. In this way, they invited their neighbors to share responsibility for the fate of their experiment in representative government. It is this story of anxious but determined men who set for themselves the task of saving ...
... military force. In this way, they invited their neighbors to share responsibility for the fate of their experiment in representative government. It is this story of anxious but determined men who set for themselves the task of saving ...
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