George Mason, forgotten founder /
From the Publisher: George Mason (1725-92) is often omitted from the small circle of founding fathers celebrated today, but in his service to America he was, in the words of Thomas Jefferson, "of the first order of greatness." Jeff Broadwater provides a comprehensive account of Mason'...
| Основен автор: | Broadwater, Jeff, (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2006]
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=203463 |
| Подобни документи: |
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George Mason, forgotten founder. |
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From the Publisher: George Mason (1725-92) is often omitted from the small circle of founding fathers celebrated today, but in his service to America he was, in the words of Thomas Jefferson, "of the first order of greatness." Jeff Broadwater provides a comprehensive account of Mason's life at the center of the momentous events of eighteenth-century America. Mason played a key role in the Stamp Act Crisis, the American Revolution, and the drafting of Virginia's first state constitution. He is perhaps best known as author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, often hailed as the model for the Bill of Rights. As a Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Mason influenced the emerging Constitution on point after point. Yet when he was rebuffed in his efforts to add a bill of rights and felt the document did too little to protect the interests of the South, he refused to sign the final draft. Broadwater argues that Mason's recalcitrance was not the act of an isolated dissenter; rather, it emerged from the ideology of the American Revolution. Mason's concerns about the abuse of political power went to the essence of the American experience. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Not all images are available in electronic version. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-322) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780807877395 0807877395 9781469605142 1469605147 |