Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA complex and remarkable book that may well make an important paradigm shift in early American history.... Deftly combining intellectual, constitutional, and diplomatic history, Hendrickson significantly reorients our understanding of the creation of the American republic." —
American Historical Review"Hendrickson's masterly work immediately joins Peter S. Onuf and Nicholas G. Onuf's
Federal Union, Modern World: The Law of Nations in an Age of Revolutions as one of the leading attempts to view the making of America in international perspective." —
Journal of American History"An exemplary contribution to our understanding of the early republic." —
William and Mary Quarterly"A remarkable book - engaging, learned, and well-written.... Highly recommended." —
Choice"A splendid and important book." —
International History Review"An extrordinary achievement." —Peter Onuf, author of
Jefferson's Empire: The Language of American Nationhood
