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by Jack N. Rakove


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Despite a necessary preoccupation with the Revolutionary struggle, America's Continental Congress succeeded in establishing itself as a governing body with national--and international--authority. How the Congress acquired and maintained this power and how the delegates sought to resolve the complex theoretical problems that arose in forming a federal government are the issues confronted in Jack N. Rakove's searching reappraisal of Revolution-era politics. Avoiding the tendency to interpret the decisions of the Congress in terms of competing factions or conflicting ideologies, Rakove opts for a more pragmatic view. He reconstructs the political climate of the Revolutionary period, mapping out both the immediate problems confronting the Congress and the available alternatives as perceived by the delegates. He recreates a landscape littered with unfamiliar issues, intractable problems, unattractive choices, and partial solutions, all of which influenced congressional decisions on matters as prosaic as military logistics or as abstract as the definition of federalism.

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  • Title The Beginnings of National Politics: An Interpretive History of the Continental Congress
  • Author Jack N. Rakove
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 507
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Date 2019-10-01
  • ISBN 9781421430584 / 1421430584
  • Weight 1.63 lbs (0.74 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.14 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.90 cm)

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Jack N. Rakove teaches history at Stanford University.

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