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The framers' coup : the making of the United States constitution / Michael J. Klarman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klarman, Michael J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Constitutions--United States.
- Constitutions.
- United States. Constitution.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (881 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Americans revere their Constitution. However, most of us are unaware how tumultuous and improbable the drafting and ratification processes were. Based on prodigious research and told largely through the voices of the participants, Michael Klarman's The Framers' Coup narrates how the Framers' clashing interests shaped the Constitution--and American history itself.
- Contents:
- Flaws in the Articles of Confederation
- Economic turmoil in the states and the road to Philadelphia
- The Constitutional Convention
- Slavery and the Constitutional Constitution
- Critics of the Constitution: the Antifederalists
- The ratifying contest
- The Bill of Rights
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-994204-8
- OCLC:
- 943710535
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