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  • A Hercules in the Cradle

    War, Money, and the American State, 1783–1867

    by Max M. Edling ...
    Series series American Beginnings, 1500–1900
    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 violence, suffering, and bloodshed. It also required the creation of a national government strong ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Revolution in Favor of Government

    Origins of the U.S. Constitution and the Making of the American State

    by Max M. Edling ...
    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. In this powerful new interpretation of America's origins, Max Edling argues that the ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Perfecting the Union

    National and State Authority in the US Constitution

    by Max M. Edling ...
    For most of the twentieth century, the American founding has been presented as a struggle between social classes over issues arising primarily within, rather than outside, the United States. But in recent years, new scholarship has instead turned to the international history of the American union to interpret both the causes and the consequences of the US Constitution. In Perfecting the Union, Max ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Revolution in Favor of Government

    Origins of the U.S. Constitution and the Making of the American State

    by Max M. Edling ...
    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. In this powerful new interpretation of America's origins, Max Edling argues that the ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

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    Perfecting the Union

    National and State Authority in the US Constitution

    by Max M. Edling ...
    Narrated by David Marantz ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 49 min

    For most of the twentieth century, the American founding has been presented as a struggle between social classes over issues arising primarily within, rather than outside, the United States. But in recent years, new scholarship has instead turned to the international history of the American union to interpret both the causes and the consequences of the US Constitution.In Perfecting the Union, Max ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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