The forging of the Union, 1781-1789
By: Richard B. Morris.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The New American Nation series
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780060914240
Subjects: Constitutional history -- United States; Constitutions -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789
Notes: Bibliography: p. 387-392.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A people, independent and at peace; title: The military-fiscal complex : the Army, the creditors, and the nation; title: Congress and the people; title: Congress and the states : operating under the Articles of Confederation; title: The people and the states : constitution-making and constituent power; title: The new nation's first depression; title: A cautiously transforming egalitarianism; title: In diplomacy : friction and frustration; title: The West and the Mississippi; title: Effective union or dismembered states?; title: Creating a new constitution; title: Ratification and union