The Founding Fathers

Informationen zum Autor Distinguished adjunct professor of law, New York Law School and lecturer in political science, City College of New York, Bernstein has written, edited, or co-edited nineteen books on American constitutional and legal history, including Thomas Jefferson (OUP, 2003). Klappentext This concise and elegant contribution to the Very Short Introduction series reintroduces the history that shaped the founding fathers, the history that they made, and what history has made of them. Zusammenfassung This concise and elegant contribution to the Very Short Introduction series reintroduces the history that shaped the founding fathers, the history that they made, and what history has made of them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1 Words, Images, Meanings 2 Contexts: The History That Made the Founding Fathers 3 Achievements and Challenges: The History the Founding Fathers Made 4 Legacies: What History Has Made of the Founding Fathers Epilogue: The Founding Fathers, History, and Us Chronology Appendix References Further Reading Index

List of contents

• Preface


• 1 Words, Images, Meanings


• 2 Contexts: The History That Made the Founding Fathers


• 3 Achievements and Challenges: The History the Founding Fathers Made


• 4 Legacies: What History Has Made of the Founding Fathers


• Epilogue: The Founding Fathers, History, and Us


• Chronology


• Appendix


• References


• Further Reading


• Index

Product details

• Authors: R. B. Bernstein, R. B. (Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law Bernstein, Bernstein R. B.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.12.2015
• EAN: 9780190273514
• ISBN: 978-0-19-027351-4
• Dimensions: 113 mm x 170 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Very Short Introductions; A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; A Very Short Introductions; A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; Very Short Introductions; A Very Short Introductions; Very Short Introduction
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Biographien (div.), USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, Specific wars and campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), American War of Independence, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)