To begin the world anew
Subtitle: the genius and ambiguities of the American founders
By: by Bernard Bailyn
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780375413773
Subjects: Politics and government; Constitutional history; Founding Fathers; Presidents; Revolutionaries; Founding fathers; Presidenten; History; Politieke situatie; Statesmen
Description: The Pulitizer Prize-winning historian offers a series of profiles of the characteristics, achievements, political philosophy, influence, and ambiguities of some of the most important figures of the Revolutionary generation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Politics and the creative imagination --; title: Jefferson and the ambiguities of freedom --; title: Realism and idealism in American diplomacy: Franklin in Paris, Couronné par la liberté --; title: The Federalist papers: a note on the Federalist and the Supreme Court --; title: Atlantic dimensions.