Ratification the people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788
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.
| Main Author: | Maier, Pauline, 1938- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The morning after
- "Take this or nothing"
- A war of printed words : the national debate begins
- The Pennsylvania 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.