George Clinton - Yeoman Politician of the New Republic

The first biography in over half a century of New York's first governor and vice president under Jefferson and Madison, George Clinton analyzes the public career of this pivotal founder who has remained lost to history.

A propos de l'auteur

John P. Kaminski is the founder and director of The Center for the Study of the American Constitution at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is also co-editor of the multivolume The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution. Dr. Kaminski earned his B.A. and M.A. from Illinois State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was presented the 1991 Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award. He is the author of Paper Politics: The Northern State Loan Offices During the Confederation, 1783-1790 (1989) and co-editor of The Constitution and the States: The Role of the Original Thirteen in the Framing and Adoption of the Federal Constitution (1989), The Bill of Rights and the States: The Colonial and Revolutionary Origins of American Liberties (1992)-both of which received the 1993 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award. He also co-edited Federalists and Antifederalists: The Debate Over the Ratification of the Constitution (1989), A Great and Good Man: George Washington in the Eyes of His Contemporaries (1989), and Creating the Constitution: A History in Documents (1991). In addition, Dr. Kaminski was president of The Association for Documentary Editing in 1986-87.

Résumé

The first biography in over half a century of New York's first governor and vice president under Jefferson and Madison, George Clinton analyzes the public career of this pivotal founder who has remained lost to history.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John P Kaminski, John P. Kaminski, Kaminski John P.
• Edition: Rowman & Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.04.1993
• EAN: 9780945612186
• ISBN: 978-0-945612-18-6
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 234 mm x 32 mm
• Poids: 699 g
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Théories de l'Etat et administration politique; USA, History, HISTORY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government, Central government