Format:
1 Online-Ressource (881 p)
ISBN:
9780199942046
Content:
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
Content:
Cover -- The Framers' Coup -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Flaws in the Articles of Confederation -- 2. Economic Turmoil in the States and the Road to Philadelphia -- 3. The Constitutional Convention -- 4. Slavery and the Constitutional Convention -- 5. Critics of the Constitution: The Antifederalists -- 6. The Ratifying Contest -- 7. The Bill of Rights -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Complete Illustration Information -- Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199942046
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199942039
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Klarman, Michael J., 1959 - The framers' coup New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016 ISBN 9780199942039
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190865962
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
,
Law
Keywords:
USA
;
Verfassung
;
Geschichte 1774-1800
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