Evolution of the Ordinance of 1787 (Classic Reprint): With an Account of the Earlier Plans for the Government of the Northwest Territory - Couverture souple

Barrett, Jay Amos

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332841317 ISBN 13 : 9781332841318

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore the origins of the Northwest Ordinance and how early plans shaped a new nation. This scholarly study traces the formation of the Ordinance of 1787 and the debated ideas that guided the government of the Northwest Territory, set against the backdrop of the Confederation era.

The book surveys the political context, key committees, and influential figures who helped draft and secure the ordinance. It highlights the roles of the Ohio Company, Manasseh Cutler, and other pivotal actors, and it presents the sequence of reports and debates that led to the final law. Alongside the narrative, readers will find bibliographical notes and references that illuminate the documentary sources behind this critical chapter in American history.

What you’ll learn

Ideal for readers of American constitutional history, western expansion, and the formation of U.S. governance in unsettled lands.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The starting of a new academic series ought to require no apology. On the contrary, it is a sign of progress that American universities are at last becoming centres of organized literary work. It can scarcely be doubted that the present decade, which has seen so much activity in this direction, will mark an important epoch in the history of American thought. Clearly, we have just reached a stage in higher educational development which has long since been entered upon by the schools of Germany. The ascendency of that nation in nearly every branch of science is mainly due to the fact that her scientific literature has its roots in the Seminar, which is at once the nursery and the workshop of the professorial body. Indeed German authorship as a whole is in no small measure the product of university specialization. But it is not merely as an incentive or as a medium for the highest scholastic effort that such publication should be encouraged. There is much useful work which can be well done even by the young scholar of the graduate school. This is especially true in the various departments of economic and historical science. The statesmanship of the immediate future must concern itself largely with administrative problems ;and much of the material upon which wise action must rest has yet to be gathered. By aiding in the collection and publication of this material an important service to the State may be rendered by the school of political science. Already much good work has been done.
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About the Publisher

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332841317
• ISBN 13: 9781332841318
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 122
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