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- catalog abstract ""George Washington is generally viewed as a demigod for what he was and did, not what he thought. That he played a key role in securing the adoption of the Constitution is well known, but few credit him with a political philosophy that actively shaped the constitutional tradition. In this revisionist study, Glenn Phelps argues that Washington's political thought did influence the principles informing the federal government then and now. Phelps examines Washington's political ideas not as they were perceived by his contemporaries but in his own words, that is, he shows what Washington believed, not what others thought he believed." "Phelps shows that Washington's political values remained consistent over time, regardless of who his counselors or "ghost writers" were. Using Washington's letters to friends and family - written free from the constraints of public politics - Phelps reveals a man committed to a fully developed plan for a constitutional republic. He demonstrates that the first president developed - long before Madison, Hamilton, and other nationalists - a coherent and consistent view of a republican government on a continental scale, a view grounded in classically conservative Republicanism and continentally minded commercialism. That Washington was only partially successful in building the constitutional system that he intended does not undercut his theoretical contribution, Phelps contends. Even his failures affected the way our constitutional tradition developed."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b4052945.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1783-1809.".
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description ""George Washington is generally viewed as a demigod for what he was and did, not what he thought. That he played a key role in securing the adoption of the Constitution is well known, but few credit him with a political philosophy that actively shaped the constitutional tradition. In this revisionist study, Glenn Phelps argues that Washington's political thought did influence the principles informing the federal government then and now. Phelps examines Washington's political ideas not as they were perceived by his contemporaries but in his own words, that is, he shows what Washington believed, not what others thought he believed." "Phelps shows that Washington's political values remained consistent over time, regardless of who his counselors or "ghost writers" were. Using Washington's letters to friends and family - written free from the constraints of public politics - Phelps reveals a man committed to a fully developed plan for a constitutional republic. He demonstrates that the first president developed - long before Madison, Hamilton, and other nationalists - a coherent and consistent view of a republican government on a continental scale, a view grounded in classically conservative Republicanism and continentally minded commercialism. That Washington was only partially successful in building the constitutional system that he intended does not undercut his theoretical contribution, Phelps contends. Even his failures affected the way our constitutional tradition developed."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-240) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 245 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "George Washington and American constitutionalism.".
- catalog identifier "0700605649 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "George Washington and American constitutionalism.".
- catalog isPartOf "American political thought".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas,".
- catalog relation "George Washington and American constitutionalism.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1783-1809.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "973.4/1/092 20".
- catalog subject "Constitutional history United States.".
- catalog subject "E312.29 .P44 1993".
- catalog subject "Washington, George, 1732-1799 Views on the Constitution.".
- catalog subject "Washington, George, 1732-1799.".
- catalog title "George Washington and American constitutionalism / Glenn A. Phelps.".
- catalog type "text".