Fears of a setting sun : the disillusionment of America's Founders

Fears of a setting sun the disillusionment of America's Founders

"Whatever sense of hope the Founder Fathers may have felt at the new government's birth, almost none of them carried that optimism to their graves. Franklin survived to see the Constitution in action for only a single year, but most of the founders who lived into the nineteenth century cam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Rasmussen, Dennis C. 1978- autor (autor), Washington, George, 1732-1799 (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press [2021]
Materias:
Hamilton, Alexander, > 1757-1804.
Adams, John, > 1735-1826.
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826.
Estados Unidos > Política y gobierno > 1783-1809.
Estados Unidos > Política y gobierno > 1809-1817.
Estados Unidos > Política y gobierno > 11817-1825.
Estados Unidos > Historia > 1775-1800.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44963920*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue. A Rising or a Setting Sun
  • Washington
  • 1. The Demon of Party Spirit
  • 2. Farewell to All That
  • 3. Set Up a Broomstick
  • Hamilton
  • 4. No Man{u2019}s Ideas
  • 5. Struggling to Add Energy
  • 6. The Frail and Worthless Fabric
  • Adams
  • 7. Such Selfishness and Littleness
  • 8. His Rotundity
  • 9. The Brightest or the Blackest Page
  • Jefferson
  • 10. Weathering the Storm
  • 11. The Knell of the Union
  • 12. A Consolidation or Dissolution of the States
  • Interlude. The Other Founders
  • 13. No Cheering Prospect
  • Madison
  • 14. Far from Desponding
  • 15. Grounds for Hope
  • Epilogue. A Very Great Secret
  • Notes
  • Index.

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