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The Founding Fathers reconsidered / R.B. Bernstein.
LIBRA E302.5 .B47 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bernstein, Richard B., 1956-2023.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Founding Fathers of the United States.
- Founding Fathers of the United States--Historiography.
- Historiography.
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- "This concise study reintroduces us to the history that shaped the founding fathers, the history that they made, and what history has made of them. It gives the reader a context within which to explore the world of the founding fathers and their complex and still-controversial achievements and legacies"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Words, Images, Meanings 3
- Chapter 2 Contexts: The History That Made the Founding Fathers 12
- Chapter 3 Achievements and Challenges: The History the Founding Fathers Made 39
- Chapter 4 Legacies: What History Has Made of the Founding Fathers 115.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195338324
- 0195338324
- OCLC:
- 255902632
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