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1789 : George Washington and the founders create America / Thomas B. Allen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Thomas B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1789-1809.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Washington, George.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Rowman & Littlefield edition.
- Other Title:
- George Washington and the founders create America
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2023.
- Summary:
- "In 1789, the federal government described in the recently ratified U.S. Constitution came into being. Drawing on hundreds of sources to paint a vivid portrait of the new nation, veteran journalist Thomas B. Allen tells the long-hidden history of how George Washington and the other Founders set this new federal government into motion"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Eleven states create a nation
- The great cause
- The specter of a king
- The reluctant president
- Out with the old
- A new government awakens
- "Now a king"
- Etiquette advice for the president
- "All is bare creation"
- The constitution as blueprint
- Counting we the people
- America's "other persons"
- A tub full of rights
- "He shall have power"
- Stricken Washington, fearful nation
- Washington gets a Bastille key
- Seeing America's farms and factories
- Many pirates
- and no navy
- The second session: Hope and angst
- On the frontier, spies and plots
- Toward an American language
- Epilogue: in rising glory
- Appendices: The "correct" constitution of the United States; Inside the dozen: The Bill of Rights; A timeline of the founding of the United States and the federal government.
- Notes:
- Previous title: 1789: the year that launched America.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-376) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Allen, Thomas B. 1789
- ISBN:
- 9781538183090
- 1538183099
- OCLC:
- 1390705142
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