The Founding Fathers Reconsidered

by Bernstein, R. B.

• ISBN13: 9780195338324
• ISBN10: 0195338324
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780199839940
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-05
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

In a scholarly, yet accessible work, Bernstein reveals the Founding Fathers not as shining demigods but as imperfect human beings who nevertheless achieved political greatness.

Author Biography

R. B. Bernstein, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School, has written, edited, or co-edited nineteen books on American constitutional and legal history, including Thomas Jefferson.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Chronology	p. xiii
Words, Images, Meanings	p. 3
Contexts: The History That Made the Founding Fathers	p. 12
Achievements and Challenges: The History the Founding Fathers Made	p. 39
Legacies: What History Has Made of the Founding Fathers	p. 115
Epilogue: The Founding Fathers, History, and Us	p. 168
Appendix: The Founding Fathers: A Partial List	p. 177
Acknowledgments	p. 181
Notes	p. 187
Further Reading	p. 221
Index	p. 228
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