George Mason : Reluctant Statesman
Robert A. Rutland
George Mason of Gunston Hall was a scholarly craftsman of government during America's crucial formative years. His Virginia Declaration of Rights provided a sense of purpose and direction to the rebellious colonies, and his vigorous insistence on the protection of personal liberties in the Constitution is reflected in the document's first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights, Fellow Virginian Thomas Jefferson said of Mason that he "was of the first order of greatness".
Категорії:
Рік:
1980
Видання:
Revised
Видавництво:
Louisiana State Univ Pr
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
144
ISBN 10:
0807106968
ISBN 13:
9780807106969
Файл:
PDF, 6.52 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1980