The Critical Period of American History - 1783-1789 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of ...
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The Critical Period of American History - 1783-1789 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
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Good+ Fiske was an historian of the 19th century who authored a number of books on American history. Original maroon cloth binding, the top edge is gilt. There is a stray mark on spine which is also lightly sunned, but the gilt spine lettering is very legible. There is an old dampstain along the edge of rear cover. There is an old pencil inscription on the front end paper dated 1889, and the person to whom the book was gifted also wrote their name in ink above the inscription. There is about a 1/4" crack to the inner rear joint. A clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. I am uncertain if this is a first edition as the title page date is 1889 and the copyright date is 1888.; Color Map; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 368 pages.
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The Confederation and the Constitutional Conventio
The 'Critical Period' has been acclaimed for a century, as John Fiske's greatest work. The book has two phases. First, he describes the compromises that went into the Articles of Confederation to bring in all the new States, then he traces the reasons for the Constitutional Convention, and a play-by-play of the negotiations that went into each of the Articles. A thread of commentary woven through the second phase, is careful notation of the decisions that planted the seeds of confrontation that led to the Civil War sixty years later. More recent accounts gloss over the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention as "secret." But Fiske found enough source material (he was Assistant Librarian at Harvard, so he had access to the special collections) to provide an amazingly detailed account.
Anyone who engages in political discussions that cite the US Constitution needs to read this book to get his/her facts straight. Once you read it, you'll realize that most alleged "strict-construction Constitutionalists" are blowing smoke. Get the facts, then challenge them.
