02997cam a2200457 i 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020004300069020004700112020001800159040001800177041000900195042000800204043001200212050002100224082001300245100002900258245009500287250001900382260000600401264004000407300002400447336002600471337002800497338002700525500003900552504006700591505019600658520122100854650006802075650004302143650007002186650005202256650004302308650001202351650004802363650003802411651005502449856003502504BJBSDDR20230411090102.0ta150213s2015    nyu      b    001 0deng    a9780385353403 (cloth : alkaline paper)  a9780804172486 (paperback : alkaline paper)  a9780385353403  aDLCbengcDLC  aeng   apcc  an-us---00aE303b EL47 201500a342.73021 aEllis, Joseph J.d 1943-14aThe quartet :borchestrating the second American Revolution, 1783-1789 /cJoseph J. Ellis.  aFirst edition.  b  1aNew York :bAlfred A. Knopf,c2015.  axx, 290 p. ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-277) and index.0 aPreface : Pluribus to Unum -- The Articles and the Vision -- The Financier and the Prodigy -- The Domain -- The Courting -- Madison's Moment -- The Great Debate -- Final pieces -- Appendices.2 a"The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--brilliantly told--of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. The triumph of the American Revolution was neither an ideological nor political guarantee that the colonies would relinquish their independence and accept the creation of a federal government with power over their individual autonomy. The Quartet is the story of this second American founding and of the men responsible--some familiar, such as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, and some less so, such as Robert Morris and Governeur Morris. It was these men who shaped the contours of American history by diagnosing the systemic dysfunctions created by the Articles of Confederation, manipulating the political process to force a calling of the Constitutional Convention, conspiring to set the agenda in Philadelphia, orchestrating the debate in the state ratifying conventions, and, finally, drafting the Bill of Rights to assure state compliance with the constitutional settlement"--cProvided by publisher. 0aDerecho internacional xFilosofía zUnited StatesvBiography. 0aPoliticianszUnited StatesvBiography. 0aRelaciones internacionaleszUnited StatesxHistoryy18th century. 0aInternetzUnited StatesxHistoryy18th century. 0aConstitutional historyzUnited States. 0aDerecho 7aHISTORY / United States / General.2bisacsh 7aHISTORY / Revolutionary.2bisacsh 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty1783-1789.423Cover imageu9780385353403.jpg