Acknowledgments
Introduction: Creating the Federal Government
1. George Washington and the Cabinet: The Unlikely Development of an Unintended Institution
2. Washington’s Workforce: Reconstructing the Federal Government at the Moment of Its Creation
3. The Theory and Practice of Federalist Political Economy
4. Creating Interdepartmental Collaboration: Federal Judges, the Remitting Act, and Cooperative State Building
5. Indian Affairs and the Relentless American State
6. "The Next Great Work to Be Accomplished": American Armament Policy
7. From Constitution Making to State Building: The Washington Administration and the Law of Nations
8. The Legislative Output of Congress
Afterword: Reflections on the Political History of the Early Republic
Notes on Contributors
Index