| Description |
xi, 370 pages ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Awards |
National Book Award Finalist, Nonfiction, 2007 |
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Long listed for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, 2009. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Bricks without straw : grievances -- The fault is all your own : rebuttals -- To relieve the distressed : demands -- Save the people : requisition -- Who will call this justice? : quarrels -- Idle drones: economics -- The fate of republican govt : redemption -- A revolution which ought to be glorious : disenchantment -- A murmuring underneath : rebellion -- Excess of democracy? : reform -- The house on fire : credit -- Divide et impera : statecraft -- More adequate to the purposes : revenue -- Take up the reins : ratification -- More productive and less oppressive : taxes -- As if impounded : consolidation. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-353) and index. |
| Summary |
Examines the original intent behind the writing of the Constitution and how it was shaped by the reactions, occasionally violent ones, of citizens to include a protection of civil liberties and the freedom of the people. |
| Subject |
United States.
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Constitutional history -- United States.
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Constitutional history. (OCoLC)fst00875777
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| ISBN |
9780809080618 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0809080613 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9780809016433 (pbk.) |
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0809016435 (pbk.) |
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