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001 2010027709
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005 20140305075005.0
008 100702s2010 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010027709
020 $a9780684868547 (hbk.)
020 $a0684868547 (hbk.)
020 $z9781451606362 (ebook)
020 $z1451606362 (ebook)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn555639501
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050 00 $aKF4541$b.M278 2010
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100 1 $aMaier, Pauline,$d1938-2013.
245 10 $aRatification :$bthe people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 /$cPauline Maier.
250 $a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2010.
300 $axvi, 589 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [491]-559) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
520 $aThe dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years.
650 0 $aConstitutional history$zUnited States.
610 10 $aUnited States.$tConstitution$xPublic opinion.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010027709-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010027709-d.html