The Rakove, et al, argument as you summarize it seems odd to me given that Britain claimed its government to be representative, just not directly and it was this form of representation to which the rebels objected.
Yes. Though I'm not saying Rakove is quite claiming that the confederation was representative--I don't really get how he views that issue, so I was speculating that some might say it was virtually representative like, as you say, Parliament, in the eyes of some Brits.
It's probably in my book Founding Finance, but crudely: I like Beard for identifying pecuniary interest in the Constitution--many efforts to debunk his studies have also been debunked--but like too many progressives of his kind, he had a tendency to want to see the southern agrarian anti-money elites as radically democratic, and I don't think they were. Thanks for reading the book.
I finished the Hamilton Scheme and I am recommending to it to many. Do you in your Whiskey Rebellion address Hamilton’s tax as a way to enforce dollar as sovereign currency, the coin of the realm, not just to satisfy the “liquidity preference” of Robert Morse desire to have a safe, secure and risk less investment instrument?
Would it be reasonable, in the future, to include your endnotes with the Audible edition as a pdf attachment? In a general sense they allow attachments like to be appended but no idea how difficult they make it. Couldn’t resist going for the audio edition when I saw it was ‘read by author’. Can be enlightening to hear an author interpret their own work that way.
The Rakove, et al, argument as you summarize it seems odd to me given that Britain claimed its government to be representative, just not directly and it was this form of representation to which the rebels objected.
Yes. Though I'm not saying Rakove is quite claiming that the confederation was representative--I don't really get how he views that issue, so I was speculating that some might say it was virtually representative like, as you say, Parliament, in the eyes of some Brits.
I am about 2/3 through your book and I look forward to reading these arguments.
You mentioned a problem you have with Charles Beard. Can you point me to where you may have noted your thoughts about him?
It's probably in my book Founding Finance, but crudely: I like Beard for identifying pecuniary interest in the Constitution--many efforts to debunk his studies have also been debunked--but like too many progressives of his kind, he had a tendency to want to see the southern agrarian anti-money elites as radically democratic, and I don't think they were. Thanks for reading the book.
I finished the Hamilton Scheme and I am recommending to it to many. Do you in your Whiskey Rebellion address Hamilton’s tax as a way to enforce dollar as sovereign currency, the coin of the realm, not just to satisfy the “liquidity preference” of Robert Morse desire to have a safe, secure and risk less investment instrument?
Would it be reasonable, in the future, to include your endnotes with the Audible edition as a pdf attachment? In a general sense they allow attachments like to be appended but no idea how difficult they make it. Couldn’t resist going for the audio edition when I saw it was ‘read by author’. Can be enlightening to hear an author interpret their own work that way.