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Trade pbk. ed. |
| Description |
xxv, 514 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Originally published by Random House, 2009. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Principal characters -- The Constitutional Convention of 1787: a chronology -- The crisis -- The indispensable men of the Convention -- The delay that produced a revolution -- The Convention opens for business -- A high-stakes gamble -- "We the people" or "We the states"? : creating the American Congress -- Imagining the American presidency -- Counterattack -- "We are now at full stop" -- The Fourth of July, 1787 -- Compromise: large states, small states, slave states, and free states -- Beyond the Connecticut Compromise -- "The people are the King" -- Fashioning a first draft of the Constitution: July 27 -- August 6 -- Revising the Constitution: August 6-August 31 -- The "general welfare" and the presidency -- "The paradox at the nation's core" -- A fragile consensus: September 10-September15 -- September 17: day of decision -- The People's Constitution: "Federalists" seize the initiative -- Achieving a more perfect union: the Federalists prevail -- "A Republic, if you can keep it" -- Full list of delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 -- U.S. Constitution (September 17, 1787), Article I-VII. |
| Summary |
Demonstrates how the American Constitution was forged through conflict, compromise, and eventually fragile consensus as James Madison and his cohorts devised a plan to radically alter the balance of governmental power. |
| Subject |
United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
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Constitutional history -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.
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Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787) (OCoLC)fst01695393
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Constitutional history. (OCoLC)fst00875777
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Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1783-1789
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| ISBN |
9780812976847 (pbk.) |
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0812976843 (pbk.) |
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