Foreign affairs and the founding fathers [electronic resource] : from confederation to constitution, 1776-1787 / Norman A. Graebner, Richard Dean Burns, and Joseph M. Siracusa.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graebner, Norman A.
Other Authors: Burns, Richard Dean
Siracusa, Joseph M.
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2011.
Subjects:
Constitutional history > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1775-1783.
United States > Foreign relations > 1783-1815.
United States > Foreign relations > Philosophy.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2011 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2011 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Foreign Affairs and the Founding Fathers: From Confederation to Constitution, 1776–1787
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The challenge of external relations
  • America enters the international community
  • The challenge of independence
  • American diplomats engage Britain and France
  • American diplomats engage the Barbary pirates and Spain
  • The crisis of 1786 : call for constitutional revision
  • External relations and the constitution, 1787
  • The ratification debate : how important foreign policy?