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James Madison and the struggle for the Bill of Rights /
Today we hold the Constitution in such high regard that we can hardly imagine how hotly contested was its adoption. In fact, many of the thirteen states saw fierce debate over the document, and ratification was by no means certain. Virginia, the largest and most influential state, approved the Const...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Pivotal moments in American history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Today we hold the Constitution in such high regard that we can hardly imagine how hotly contested was its adoption. In fact, many of the thirteen states saw fierce debate over the document, and ratification was by no means certain. Virginia, the largest and most influential state, approved the Constitution by the barest of margins, and only after an epic political battle between James Madison and Patrick Henry. Now Richard Labunski offers a dramatic account of a time when the entire American experiment hung in the balance, only to be saved by the most unlikely of heroes--the diminutive and exc. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 336 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-318) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441627421 1441627421 0195181050 9780195181050 9780198040019 0198040016 1282270729 9781282270725 9780199740994 0199740992 9786612270727 6612270721 |