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Ratification : the people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 Cover Image Book Book
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Ratification : the people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

Maier, Pauline 1938-2013 (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0684868547 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780684868547 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: xvi, 589 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-559) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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 Ratifying 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.

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Subject: Constitutional history United States
United States. Public opinion

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