Maier, Pauline, 1938-2013.
Ratification : the people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 / / by: Simon & Schuster - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edition - New York Simon & Schuster 2010. - xvi, 589 p., [16] p. of plates ill., maps 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-559) and index.
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.
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.
9780684868547 (hbk.) 0684868547 (hbk.)
2010027709
United States. Constitution --Public opinion.
Constitutional history--United States.
Law
სამართალი ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატების კონსტიტუცია
KF4541 / .M278 2010
342.7302/9
340 / M-19
Ratification : the people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 / / by: Simon & Schuster - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edition - New York Simon & Schuster 2010. - xvi, 589 p., [16] p. of plates ill., maps 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-559) and index.
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.
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.
9780684868547 (hbk.) 0684868547 (hbk.)
2010027709
United States. Constitution --Public opinion.
Constitutional history--United States.
Law
სამართალი ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატების კონსტიტუცია
KF4541 / .M278 2010
342.7302/9
340 / M-19