Historians have emphasized the founding fathers' statesmanship and vision in the development of a more powerful union under the federal constitution. In The Origins of the Federal Republic, Peter S. Onuf clarifies the founders' achievement by demonstrating with case studies of New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Virginia that territorial confrontations among the former colonies played a crucial role in shaping early concepts of statehood and union and provided the true basis of the American federalist system.
- ISBN10 0812200381
- ISBN13 9780812200386
- Publish Date 3 August 2010 (first published 1 October 1983)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 304
- Language English