Contested Conventions : The Struggle to Establish the Constitution and Save the Union, 1787-1789 /

"There is perhaps no more critical juncture in American history than the years in which Americans drafted the federal Constitution, fiercely debated its merits and failings, and adopted it, albeit with reservations. In Contested Conventions, senior historian Melvin Yazawa examines the political...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Yazawa, Melvin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
USA > Constitutional Convention.
United States. > Constitution.
United States. > Constitutional Convention > (1787)
Constitution (United States)
Politics and government.
Constitutional history.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
Constitutional history > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1783-1789.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Constitution Day
  • Part I. Creation
  • The critical period of American history
  • A union of large and small states
  • A union with slaveholders
  • Part II. Ratification
  • Stacking the deck
  • Massachusetts and the first nine states
  • Virginia matters
  • New York joins the union
  • North Carolina, the Bill of Rights, and the Madisonian exchange
  • A new generation who know not us.

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