Two series of letters that have been described as "the wellsprings of nearly all ensuing debate on the limits of governmental power in the United States" are collected in this volume. The writings include Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania—the "farmer" being the gifted and courageous statesman John Dickinson and Letters from the Federal Farmer—he being the redoubtable Richard Henry Lee of Virginia. Together, Dickinson and Lee addressed the whole remarkable range of issues provoked by the crisis of British policies in North America, a crisis from which a new nation emerged from an overreaching empire. Dickinson wrote his Letters in opposition to the Townshend Acts by which the British Parliament in 1767 proposed to reorganize colonial customs. The publication of the Letters was, as Philip Davidson believes, "the most brilliant literary event of the entire Revolution." Forrest McDonald adds, "Their impact and their circulation were unapproached by any publication of the revolutionary period except Thomas Paine's Common Sense." Lee wrote in 1787 as an Anti-Federalist, and his Letters gained, as Charles Warren has noted, "much more widespread circulation and influence" than even the heralded Federalist Papers. Both sets of Letters deal, McDonald points out, "with the same question: the never-ending problem of the distribution of power in a broad and complex federal system." The Liberty Fund second edition includes a new preface by the editor in which he responds to research since the original edition of 1962.
Forrest McDonald is Professor of History at the University of Alabama and author also of E Pluribus Unum, among other works.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 2,47
In U.S.A.
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo 5599257-n
Descrizione libro Soft Cover. Condizione: new. Codice articolo 9780865972032
Descrizione libro Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Empire and Nation: Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania; Letters from the Federal Farmer 0.95. Book. Codice articolo BBS-9780865972032
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Brand New. Codice articolo 0865972036
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Book is in NEW condition. Codice articolo 0865972036-2-1
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Codice articolo 353-0865972036-new
Descrizione libro PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo GZ-9780865972032
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo ABLIING23Mar2317530016779
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. . Codice articolo 52GZZZ00FJGM_ns
Descrizione libro paperback. Condizione: New. Language: ENG. Codice articolo 9780865972032