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Ratification

the people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

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An edition of Ratification (2010)

Ratification

the people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

by

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The dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years.

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Pages
632

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Subjects

Constitutional history, United States, Public opinion, Constitutional history, united states

Places

United States
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Table of Contents

Introduction : Playing games
Prologue : The view from Mount Vernon
The morning after
"Take this or nothing"
A war of printed words : the national debate begins
The Pennsylvania ratifying convention with Delaware, New Jersey, and Georgia
"We the people" of Connecticut and Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Convention I : the "conversation" begins
The Massachusetts Convention II : "with cordiality"
A rough road to Richmond : New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maryland, and South Carolina
The Virginia Convention I : a battle of giants
The Virginia Convention II : under the eyes of heaven
On to Poughkeepsie
The New York Convention I : a failure of oratory
The New York Convention II : in or out?
Some final twists : the North Carolina Convention, a meeting in Pennsylvania, and the ratification story draws to an end
Epilogue : "Playing the after game" : amendments, rights, and the future of the Republic
Postscript : In memoriam
Appendix : The Constitution of the United States

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
342.7302/9
Library of Congress
KF4541 .M278 2010, KF4541.M278 2010

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xvi, 589 p., [16] p. of plates
Number of pages
632
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

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OL24438805M
Internet Archive
ratificationpeop0000maie
ISBN 10
0684868547
ISBN 13
9780684868547, 9781451606362
LCCN
2010027709
OCLC/WorldCat
555639501

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