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The founding fathers reconsidered
Title
The founding fathers reconsidered / R.B. Bernstein.
ISBN
9780190254674 (ebook) :
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 3, 2015).
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Summary
Bernstein presents an overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of lawyers, politicians, merchants, military men, and clergy known as the 'Founding Fathers' - who got as close to the ideal of the Platonic 'philosopher-kings' as American or world history has ever seen. The book reveals Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton, and the other founders not as shining demigods but as imperfect human beings who nevertheless achieved political greatness.
Variant and related titles
Oxford scholarship online.
Other formats
Print version
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 01, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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