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Gentlemen revolutionaries: power and justice in the new American republic

By Tom , Cutterham

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780691172668, 0691172668, 9781400885213, 1400885213
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1631612 bytes)
Pages
\207
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Elite (Social sciences);Elite (Social sciences)--U

Description

In the years between the Revolutionary War and the drafting of the Constitution, American gentlemen - the merchants, lawyers, planters, and landowners who comprised the independent republic's elite - worked hard to maintain their positions of power. This volume shows how their struggles over status, hierarchy, property, and control shaped the ideologies and institutions of the fledgling nation.

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