{"product_id":"we-have-not-a-government-9780226641522","title":"We Have Not a Government","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With careful attention and rich research, this book examines in depth each of the ways that the Confederation failed.\"--David O. Stewart \"Washington Independent Review of Books \" \"[Van Cleve] describes in great detail the varied and complicated issues faced by the impotent, insolvent Congress. . . .This detailed and well-researched history and analysis will appeal to scholars and serious popular history buffs.\"--Library Journal \"We Have Not a Government provides a focused explanation of the reasons the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first federal constitution, went lurching toward collapse. . . .Van Cleve patiently examines the specific matters of public policy that vexed national politics in the mid-1780s. He draws sharp conclusions and generally takes decided stands on matters that historians still actively dispute. . . .What Van Cleve does demonstrate, persuasively, is that the genuine crisis of the Confederation required creating a \"staggeringly powerful\" national government through a \"grand bargain\" that went well beyond what any state might have asked for itself.\"--Jack Rakove, Pulitzer Prize winner \"Washington Post \"","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400076271959,"sku":"9780226641522","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226641522.jpg?v=1730469637","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/we-have-not-a-government-9780226641522","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}