The Beginnings of National Politics by Jack N Rakove

The Beginnings of National Politics by Jack N Rakove

Originally published in 1982. 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.

Jack N. Rakove teaches history at Stanford University.

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ISBN 13	9781421430584
ISBN 10	1421430584
Title	The Beginnings of National Politics
Author	Jack N Rakove
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published	2020-01-26
Number of pages	507
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