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• Author/Creator:Edling, Max M.
  
• Title:A revolution in favor of government [electronic resource] : origins of the U.S. Constitution and the making of the American state / Max M. Edling.
  
• ISBN:9780199835096 (ebook) :
  
• Published/Created:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
  
• Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 333 p.)
  
• Links:Online book
  

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• Summary:Edling argues that during the US Constitutional debates, the Federalists were concerned with building a state able to act vigorously in defence of US national interests. The Constitution was their promise of the benefits of government without its costs. They proposed statecraft rather than central authority as the solution to governing.
  
• Variant and related titles:Oxford scholarship online.
  
• Other formats:Print version
  
• Format:Book
• BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references and index.
  
• Subjects:Constitutional history--United States.
  Federal government--United States--History.
  
• Also listed under:Oxford University Press.