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1789 : George Washington and the founders create America

Title
1789 : George Washington and the founders create America / Thomas B. Allen.
Author
Allen, Thomas B.
Publication
  • Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2023.
  • ©2021

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 23-3738Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Description
396 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
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"--
Alternative Title
George Washington and the founders create America
Subject
  • Washington, George, 1732-1799
  • 1789-1809
  • Constitutional history > United States
  • Constitutional history
  • Politics and government
  • United States > History > Constitutional period, 1789-1809
  • United States > Politics and government > 1789-1809
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Previous title: 1789: the year that launched America.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-376) and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 23-3738
ISBN
  • 9781538183090
  • 1538183099
  • 9781538183106 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2023032237
OCLC
1390705142
Author
Allen, Thomas B., author.
Title
1789 : George Washington and the founders create America / Thomas B. Allen.
Publisher
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2023.
Copyright Date
©2021
Edition
First Rowman & Littlefield edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-376) and index.
Chronological Term
1789-1809
Other Form:
Online version: Allen, Thomas B. 1789 Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, [2023] 9781538183106 (DLC) 2023032238
Research Call Number
JFE 23-3738
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