Ratification : the people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 Pauline Maier

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maier, Pauline, 1938-2013.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

United States. Constitution--Public opinion.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 589 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-559) and index.

ISBN:

9780684868547 (hbk.)

0684868547 (hbk.)

OCLC:

555639501

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