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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Ellis, Joseph J.     Subjects     Statesmen -- United States -- History -- 18th century.     Politicians -- United States -- History -- 18th century.     Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century.     National characteristics, American.     United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.     United States -- History -- 1783-1815.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ellis, Joseph J.       by title:      American creation [e...         MARC Display

American creation [electronic resource] : triumphs and tragedies at the founding of the republic / Joseph J. Ellis. by Ellis, Joseph J. New York : A.A. Knopf, 2007. Subjects Statesmen -- United States -- History -- 18th century.   Politicians -- United States -- History -- 18th century.   Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century.   National characteristics, American.   United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.   United States -- History -- 1783-1815.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=10435E65-1692-4E47-943E-63FEAD143759 This title is available online; click here to access ISBN:  9780307267740 (electronic bk.) 0307267741 (electronic bk.) Description:  1 online resource (xi, 283 pages) Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  Foreword -- Prologue : The founding -- ch. 1. The year -- ch. 2. The winter -- ch. 3. The argument -- ch. 4. The treaty -- ch. 5. The conspiracy -- ch. 6. The purchase -- Afterword -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. Requests:  0 Summary:  An ironic examination of the founding years of our country. Historian Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation's founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders. He explains how the idea of a strong federal government, championed by Washington, was eventually embraced by the American people, the majority of whom had to be won over. And he details the emergence of the two-party system--then a political novelty--which today stands as the founders' most enduring legacy. But Ellis is equally incisive about their failures, making clear how their inability to abolish slavery and to reach a just settlement with the Native Americans has played an equally important role in shaping our national character. Ellis strips the mythic veneer of the revolutionary generation to reveal men possessed of both brilliance and blindness.--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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