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Forrest McDonald was born in Orange, Texas on January 7, 1927. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and received a doctorate there in 1955. He taught history at Brown University, Wayne State University, and the University of Alabama, where he retired in 2002. He wrote more than a mostrar mais dozen books including Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution, The American Presidency: An Intellectual History, and biographies of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. He died of heart failure on January 19, 2016 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Forrest McDonald

E Pluribus Unum (1965) 220 exemplares
Alexander Hamilton: A Biography (1979) 124 exemplares
Empire and Nation (1962) 59 exemplares
Insull (2004) 21 exemplares

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An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States (1913) — Introdução, algumas edições504 exemplares
The Roots of American Order (1974) — Prefácio, algumas edições425 exemplares
The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America (1991) — Prefácio, algumas edições243 exemplares
Original Intentions: On the Making and Ratification of the United States Constitution (1993) — Prefácio, algumas edições83 exemplares
Modern Age: The First Twenty-Five Years (1810) — Contribuidor — 52 exemplares
Pastmasters; some essays on American historians (1969) — Contribuidor, algumas edições15 exemplares
The Bill of Rights: Government Proscribed (Perspectives on the American Revolution) (1997) — Contribuidor, algumas edições14 exemplares

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5811. Novus Ordo Seclorum The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution by Forrest McDonald (read 21 Nov 2022) This book, published in 1985, purports to tell the Intellectual reasonings of the authors of the Constitution, delving into their reasoning and detailing the arguments they made at the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. He sets out the arguments made by the delegates , so far as he can deduce them. The author has right-wing leanings but that does not unduly influence his account. As I read, it was my feeling that the way the Constitution ended up being adopted was better than what some delegates proposed. The early part of the book was not too interesting to me, but when it got to relating the actual arguments the book became more interesting. None of the amendments to the Constitution are discussed and as we know some of them improved the document adopted after the 1787 Convention.… (mais)
 
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Schmerguls | 3 outras críticas | Nov 21, 2022 |
Forrest McDonald is one of my favorite historians. He wrote extensively on the Early Republic time period over his long career. Despite the fame of the Chernow biography of Hamilton, McDonald's older work is, in my humble opinion, a better one.
 
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gregdehler | 2 outras críticas | Apr 29, 2018 |
Still the definitive academic biography of Colonel Hamilton, Professor McDonald provide an in-depth study. Not the quickest read, but if you seek to know the man that was A. Hamilton commit to this text.
 
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lesserbrain | 2 outras críticas | May 29, 2009 |
An excellent read, and an excellent look into the makings of the Constitution. McDonald looks into the ideologies of politics and economics of a wide range of members of the founding generation, as well as how they came together to write a practical compromise in the form of the Constitution.
 
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ulfhjorr | 3 outras críticas | Aug 16, 2007 |

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