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A Hercules in the Cradle: War, Money, and the American State, 1783-1867 (American Beginnings, 1500-1900)
Max M. Edling
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Hardcover. Two and a half centuries after the American Revolution the US stands as one of the greatest powers on earth and the undoubted leader of the western hemisphere. The author maintains that the Founding Fathers clearly understood the connection between public finance and power: a well-managed public debt was a key part of every modern state. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 line drawings, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
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 enough to go to war against, and acquire territory from, its North American rivals. In A Hercules in the Cradle, Max M. Edling argues that the federal government's abilities to tax and to borrow money, developed in the ... Read more
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 enough to go to war against, and acquire territory from, its North American rivals. In A Hercules in the Cradle, Max M. Edling argues that the federal government's abilities to tax and to borrow money, developed in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Series
American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226181578
SKU
V9780226181578
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About Max M. Edling
Max M. Edling is a lecturer in North American history at King's College London and the author of A Revolution in Favor of Government: Origins of the U.S. Constitution and the Making of the American State.
Reviews for A Hercules in the Cradle: War, Money, and the American State, 1783-1867 (American Beginnings, 1500-1900)
"I consider Edling one of the finest historians of the early American republic in the world today. A Hercules in the Cradle will revolutionize the way historians think about the founding and development of the federal state-a state with the capacity to fulfill the expanding new empire's 'manifest destiny.'" (Peter S. Onuf, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and University of Virginia)" ... Read more