George Mason, Forgotten Founder
Autor Jeff Broadwateren Limba Engleză Paperback – feb 2018
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, a document 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 concluded 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, Broadwater shows, went to the essence of the American experience.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781469642512
ISBN-10: 1469642514
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Editura: The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10: 1469642514
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Editura: The University of North Carolina Press
Notă biografică
Jeff Broadwater is professor of history at Barton College. He is author of several books, most recently James Madison: A Son of Virginia and a Founder of the Nation.