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Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution
Forrest McDonald
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Description for Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution
Paperback. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
This is the first major interpretation of the framing of the Constitution to appear in more than two decades. Forrest McDonald, widely considered one of the foremost historians of the Constitution and of the early national period, reconstructs the intellectual world of the Founding Fathers—including their understanding of law, history political philosophy, and political economy, and their firsthand experience in public affairs—and then analyzes their behavior in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in light of that world. No one has attempted to do so on such a scale before. McDonald's principal conclusion is that, though the Framers brought a variety ... Read more
This is the first major interpretation of the framing of the Constitution to appear in more than two decades. Forrest McDonald, widely considered one of the foremost historians of the Constitution and of the early national period, reconstructs the intellectual world of the Founding Fathers—including their understanding of law, history political philosophy, and political economy, and their firsthand experience in public affairs—and then analyzes their behavior in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in light of that world. No one has attempted to do so on such a scale before. McDonald's principal conclusion is that, though the Framers brought a variety ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700603114
SKU
V9780700603114
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About Forrest McDonald
Forrest McDonald was Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of Alabama and author of sixteen books, including Pulitzer Prize finalist Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution and The American Presidency. He was named by the NEH as the sixteenth Jefferson Lecturer, the nation’s highest honor in the humanities.
Reviews for Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution
A witty and energetic study of the ideas and passions of the Framers." —New York Times Book Review "Bristles with wit and intellectual energy." —Christian Science Monitor "A masterpiece. McDonald's status as an interpreter of the Constitution is unequalled magisterial." —National Review "Thoroughly impressive. A book that is consistently enlightening and one that, more than any of ... Read more