| Description |
xii, 169 pages ; 25 cm. |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Historians at work |
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Historians at work.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The document : The Constitution of the United States -- Introduction : The creation of the United States ; From revolution to ratification ; Historians and the Constitution -- Some current questions : What were the issues in 1787? ; The "great national discussion": the discourse of politics in 1787 / Isaac Kramnick ; Were the framers counterrevolutionaries? ; The Federalist reaction to Shays's Rebellion / Stephen E. Patterson ; What did the Federalists achieve? ; The American science of politics, from The creation of the American republic, 1776-1787 / Gordon S. Wood ; Did the Constitution create a republic of white men? ; "Of every age, sex & condition": the representation of women in the Constitution / Jan Lewis ; Can we know the original intent of the framers? ; The perils of originalism, from Original meanings: politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution / Jack N. Rakove. |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.
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Constitutional history -- United States.
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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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| Added Author |
Countryman, Edward.
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| ISBN |
0312218214 |
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9780312218218 |
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0312182627 (pbk.) |
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9780312182625 (pbk.) |
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0312250401 |
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9780312250409 |
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