Beyond confederation : origins of the constitution and American national identity / edited by Richard Beeman, Stephen Botein, and Edward C. Carter II.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beeman, Richard R.

Botein, Stephen.

Carter, Edward C., II, 1928-2002.

Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitution.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.

Politics and government.

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

Physical Description:

x, 366 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1987]

Summary:

The focus of 'Beyond Confederation' is the Constitution of the United States in its own era. The authors scrutinize the ideological background of the Constitution, the rigors of its writing and ratification, and the problems it both faced and provoked immediately after ratification. The essays question much of the heritage of eighteenth-century constitutional thought and suggest that many of the commonly debated issues have led us away from the truly germane questions.

Notes:

"Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia."

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of the Institute.

ISBN:

0807817198

0807841722

OCLC:

13902665