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Novus ordo seclorum the intellectual origins of the Constitution Forrest McDonald.
Detalles de publicación: Lawrence, Kan. University Press of Kansas c1985.Descripción: xiii, 359 p. 23 cmISBN:- 0700602844
- 9780700602841
- 0700603115 (pbk)
- 9780700603114 (pbk)
- 320/.0973 19
- JA 84 .U5 M43 1985
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'A witty and energetic study of the ideas and passions of the Framers.' - New York Times Book Review'An important, comprehensive statement about the most fundamental period in American history. It deals authoritatively with topics no student of American can afford to ignore.' - Harvey Mansfield, author of the Spirit of Liberalism
"The Constitution of the United States": p. [299]-311.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-341) and index.
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This is McDonald's best book and, indeed, is now the best single volume on the origins of the US Constitution and the accomplishment of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. McDonald treats the Constitution from the point of view of intellectual history, incorporating in his account the revisionist history of the past generation that emphasizes the English, Scottish, and French contributions to American political thought. Most of Novus Ordo Seclorum is devoted to a rigorous analysis of 18th-century thought (political theory, political economy, and law). It is solidly grounded in the most recent scholarship and based upon a very original reading of the primary sources. McDonald writes with uncommon grace; the book is a pleasure to read, but it is nevertheless densely and rigorously argued. The documentation is lavish, and the bibliographic information meticulous. This is not a book to be skimmed, nor will it flatter the simpleminded patriot. It represents the culmination of a lifetime's study by one of the most original historians of early America. It will provoke dissent from the knowledgeable, for some of McDonald's views are iconoclastic, but no reader will regret the hours devoted to this work. College, university, and public libraries.-S.N. Katz, Princeton UniversityNotas de autor provistas por Syndetics
Forrest McDonald was born in Orange, Texas on January 7, 1927. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and received a doctorate there in 1955. He taught history at Brown University, Wayne State University, and the University of Alabama, where he retired in 2002. He wrote more than a dozen books including Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution, The American Presidency: An Intellectual History, and biographies of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. He died of heart failure on January 19, 2016 at the age of 89.(Bowker Author Biography)