Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire
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Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire
SHEAR Book Prize, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic George Washington Book Prize Finalist A Library Journal Best Book of the Year
What does it mean to be a treaty-worthy nation? No question mattered more to Americans in 1776. As Eliga Gould shows in this prize-winning book, the need for international recognition touched every part of the United States' early history -- from the drafting of the Constitution, to relations between settlers and Indians, to the looming debate over slavery.Â