The First Congress : how James Madison, George Washington, and a group of extraordinary men invented the government
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xv, 396 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm
The First Congress was the most important in US history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would actually function. Had it failed--as many at the time feared it would--it's possible that the United States as we know it would not exist today
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-377) and index
"Members of the First Federal Congress": pages xiii-xv
Preface. Nebuchadnezzar's monster -- An ocean always turbulent -- The fostering hand of government -- A new era -- Pomp and quiddling -- A very perplexing business -- A great and delicate subject -- Vile politicks -- Propositions of a doubtful nature -- Paper guarantees -- A centre without parallel -- Interlude I -- The labyrinth of finance -- A gross national iniquity -- The trumpet of sedition -- Cabals, meetings, plots, and counterplots -- A southern position -- Indians -- Interlude II -- Freedom's fav'rite seat -- A most mischievous engine -- Epilogue. American dawn
The First Congress was the most important in US history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would actually function. Had it failed--as many at the time feared it would--it's possible that the United States as we know it would not exist today
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-377) and index
"Members of the First Federal Congress": pages xiii-xv
Preface. Nebuchadnezzar's monster -- An ocean always turbulent -- The fostering hand of government -- A new era -- Pomp and quiddling -- A very perplexing business -- A great and delicate subject -- Vile politicks -- Propositions of a doubtful nature -- Paper guarantees -- A centre without parallel -- Interlude I -- The labyrinth of finance -- A gross national iniquity -- The trumpet of sedition -- Cabals, meetings, plots, and counterplots -- A southern position -- Indians -- Interlude II -- Freedom's fav'rite seat -- A most mischievous engine -- Epilogue. American dawn
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