Constitution making [electronic resource] : conflict and consensus in the Federal Convention of 1787 / Calvin C. Jillson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jillson, Calvin C., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

United States. Constitutional Convention (1787).

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Agathon Press, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Clearly the most technically sophisticated analysis of the Constitutional Convention" - William and Mary Quarterly, 10/89.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Perspectives on the Federal Convention of 1787; 2. Debate, Deadlock, and Issue Resolution in the Convention; 3. James Madison and the Origins of the Virginia Plan; 4. The Nature of Government in the New Republic; 5. The Representation Question: Madison and his Opponents; 6. The Role of the Executive in Republican Government; 7. Localist Periphery and Nationalist Center: On Restraining Government; 8. Small State Fears and the States' Rights Caucus; 9. The Brearley Committee Report and a New Northern Majority; 10. Summary and Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography

Appendix A: The Data Appendix B: The Virginia Plan; Appendix C: The New Jersey Plan; Appendix D: Committee of Detail Report Proceedings of the Convention June 19 - July 23; Appendix E: The Constitution of the United States; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611398453

1-281-39845-4

0-87586-276-4

OCLC:

123112551