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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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Details
- 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
- 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