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The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution

byLindsay M. Chervinsky

In The Cabinet, Lindsay M. Chervinsky presents a historical account centered on george Washington and the Creation of an American Institution. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the wider field of history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. Together, these elements make The Cabinet an accessible guide to the subject and the questions it continues to raise. Historical context and individual experience remain equally important to the book's explanation.

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

368

ISBN

9780674986480