Author: Richard Beeman
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588367266
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 545
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In May 1787, in an atmosphere of crisis, delegates met in Philadelphia to design a radically new form of government. Distinguished historian Richard Beeman captures as never before the dynamic of the debate and the characters of the men who labored that historic summer. Virtually all of the issues in dispute—the extent of presidential power, the nature of federalism, and, most explosive of all, the role of slavery—have continued to provoke conflict throughout our nation's history. This unprecedented book takes readers behind the scenes to show how the world's most enduring constitution was forged through conflict, compromise, and fragile consensus. As Gouverneur Morris, delegate of Pennsylvania, noted: "While some have boasted it as a work from Heaven, others have given it a less righteous origin. I have many reasons to believe that it is the work of plain, honest men."
Author: William Parker Cutler
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Category : Northwest, Old
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Author: Rose Arny
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2576
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3310
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Author: Goodspeed's Book Shop (Boston, Mass.)
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Category : Americana
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Author: C. Albert White
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Author: Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226360687
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799–1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aimé Bonpland set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century, and inspired such essayists and artists as Emerson, Goethe, Thoreau, Poe, and Church. The chronicles of the expedition were published in Paris after Humboldt’s return, and first among them was the 1807 “Essay on the Geography of Plants.” Among the most cited writings in natural history, after the works of Darwin and Wallace, this work appears here for the first time in a complete English-language translation. Covering far more than its title implies, it represents the first articulation of an integrative “science of the earth, ” encompassing most of today’s environmental sciences. Ecologist Stephen T. Jackson introduces the treatise and explains its enduring significance two centuries after its publication.
Author: Murray Newton Rothbard
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN: 1610164865
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1673
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