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Madison's hand : revising the Constitutional Convention /
"New digital technologies and traditional historical investigation suggest that James Madison did not finish his famous Notes until after the Convention. The Notes are the most important, and most misunderstood, account of the 1787 Constitutional Convention. This biography of the Notes follows...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Notes Before the Constitutional Convention. The genre of legislative diaries ; The practice of working notes
- II. Learning to Keep a Conventional Diary. The success of the opening days ; Struggling with speeches
- III. Recording the Constitutional Convention. An account of failed strategies ; Acquiring a new role
- IV. Abandoning the Notes. The complexity of drafting ; The Convention's changing relevance
- V. Completing the Notes. Correcting and revising the notes ; The influence of Mr. Jefferson.