Author: William Clayton PoolPublisher:
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
An economic interpretation of the ratification of the Federal Constitution in North Carolina
Author: William Clayton PoolPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
An Economic Interpretation of Ratification of Federal Constitution in North Carolina
Author: William C. PoolPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages :
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An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States
Author: Charles Austin BeardPublisher:
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States
Author: Charles A. BeardPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439118353
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
First published in 1913, Beard’s iconoclastic masterwork sparked a deep historical debate that has not abated. Scrutinizing the Constitution in light of economic forces, he proposed for the first time that this politico-legal document was shaped by a group of men whose commercial interests were best served by its provisions. One hundred years later, An Economic Interpretation continues to stand the test of time, raising important questions about commercial and political power and generating radical new insights into our laws and our economy.
The Ratification of the Federal Constitution in North Carolina
Author: Louise Irby TrenholmePublisher: New York : Columbia University Press ; London : P.S. King & son, Limited
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States
Author: Charles Austin BeardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States
Author: Charles Austin BeardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The Ratification of the Federal Constitution in North Carolina, Etc. [With Maps and a Bibliography.].
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Author: Louise Irby TRENHOLMEThe Ratification of the Federal Constitution in North Carolina
Author: Glyndon Garlock Van DeusenPublisher:
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
To Form A More Perfect Union
Author: Robert A. McGuirePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195349938
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Many important questions regarding the creation and adoption of the United States Constitution remain unresolved. Did slaveholdings or financial holdings significantly influence our Founding Fathers' stance on particular clauses or rules contained in the Constitution? Was there a division of support for the Constitution related to religious beliefs or ethnicity? Were founders from less commercial areas more likely to oppose the Constitution? To Form a More Perfect Union successfully answers these questions and offers an economic explanation for the behavior of our Founding Fathers during the nation's constitutional founding. In 1913, American historian Charles A. Beard controversially argued in his book An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States that the framers and ratifiers of the Constitution were less interested in furthering democratic principles than in advancing specific economic and financial interests. Beard's thesis eventually emerged as the standard historical interpretation and remained so until the 1950s. Since then, many constitutional and historical scholars have questioned an economic interpretation of the Constitution as being too narrow or too calculating, believing the great principles and political philosophies that motivated the Founding Fathers to be worthier subjects of study. In this meticulously researched reexamination of the drafting and ratification of our nation's Constitution, Robert McGuire argues that Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, George Mason and the other Founding Fathers did act as much for economic motives as for abstract ideals. To Form a More Perfect Union offers compelling evidence showing that the economic, financial, and other interests of the founders can account for the specific design and adoption of our Constitution. This is the first book to provide modern evidence that substantiates many of the overall conclusions found in Charles Beard's An Economic Interpretation while challenging and overturning other of Beard's specific findings. To Form a More Perfect Union presents an entirely new approach to the study of the shaping of the U.S. Constitution. Through the application of economic thinking and rigorous statistical techniques, as well as the processing of vast amounts of data on the economic interests and personal characteristics of the Founding Fathers, McGuire convincingly demonstrates that an economic interpretation of the Constitution is valid. Radically challenging the prevailing views of most historians, political scientists, and legal scholars, To Form a More Perfect Union provides a wealth of new findings about the Founding Fathers' constitutional choices and sheds new light on the motivations behind the design and adoption of the United States Constitution.