Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire

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.