Plain, honest men : the making of the American Constitution
2009
342.73 B414 2009 M
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Title
Plain, honest men : the making of the American Constitution
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Random House, 2009.
Description
xxvii, 514 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
342.73 B414 2009 M
System Control No.
(OCoLC)176952118
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-448) 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 6-31 -- The "general welfare" and the presidency -- "The paradox at the nation's core" -- A fragile consensus: Sep 10-15 -- Sep 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 (Sep 17, 1787), Article I-VII -- A note about quotations.
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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 6-31 -- The "general welfare" and the presidency -- "The paradox at the nation's core" -- A fragile consensus: Sep 10-15 -- Sep 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 (Sep 17, 1787), Article I-VII -- A note about quotations.
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