Max M Edling: 2 books
A Hercules in the Cradle
War, Money, and the American State, 1783-1867
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Two and a half centuries after the American Revolution the United States stands as one of the greatest powers on earth and the undoubted leader of the western hemisphere. This stupendous evolution was far from a foregone conclusion at independence. The conquest of the North American continent required...
A Revolution in Favor of Government
Origins of the U.S. Constitution and the Making of the American State
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2003
What were the intentions of the Founders? Was the American constitution designed to protect individual rights? To limit the powers of government? To curb the excesses of democracy? Or to create a robust democratic nation-state? These questions echo through today's most heated legal and political debates....