Bücher von Peter S. Onuf

This new edition of Statehood and Union: A History of the Northwest Ordinance, originally published in 1987, is an authoritative account of the origins and early history of American policy for territorial government, land distribution, and the admission of new states in the Old Northwest.

Thomas Jefferson believed that the American Revolution was a transformative moment in the history of political civilization. This work traces Jefferson's vision of the American future to its roots in his idealized notion of nationhood and empire.