Author: Christopher Collier
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN: 162064195X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world: the Constitution. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. Decision in Philadelphia is the best popular history of the Constitutional Convention; in it, the life and times of eighteenth century America not only come alive, but the very human qualities of the men who framed the document are brought provocatively into focus-casting many of the Founding Fathers in a new light. A celebration of how and why our Constitution came into being, Decision in Philadelphia is also a testament of the American spirit at its finest.
Decision in Philadelphia
Author: Christopher Collier
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN: 162064195X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world: the Constitution. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. Decision in Philadelphia is the best popular history of the Constitutional Convention; in it, the life and times of eighteenth century America not only come alive, but the very human qualities of the men who framed the document are brought provocatively into focus-casting many of the Founding Fathers in a new light. A celebration of how and why our Constitution came into being, Decision in Philadelphia is also a testament of the American spirit at its finest.
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN: 162064195X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world: the Constitution. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. Decision in Philadelphia is the best popular history of the Constitutional Convention; in it, the life and times of eighteenth century America not only come alive, but the very human qualities of the men who framed the document are brought provocatively into focus-casting many of the Founding Fathers in a new light. A celebration of how and why our Constitution came into being, Decision in Philadelphia is also a testament of the American spirit at its finest.
The Constitutional Convention
Author: John Alexander Jameson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Journal of the Constitutional Convention
Author: Vermont. Constitutional Convention
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Constitutional Conference, Federal Briefing Book
A Constitutional Convention
Author: Wilbur Edel
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Constitutional Convention
Author: Richard Haesly
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In 1787, many of the country's prominent citizens met to decide the fate of American government. The words from their debates and correspondences reveal the weighty responsibility these men felt in creating a testament to the ideals of a new nation.
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In 1787, many of the country's prominent citizens met to decide the fate of American government. The words from their debates and correspondences reveal the weighty responsibility these men felt in creating a testament to the ideals of a new nation.
A Manual for the Constitutional Convention, 1917
Author: Massachusetts. Commission to Compile Information and Data for the Use of the Constitutional Convention
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Journal of the Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates
Author: Connecticut. Constitutional Convention
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Unfounded Fears
Author: Paul J. Weber
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Since the first and only constitutional convention in 1787, 26 amendments have been added to our governing document, but not one of them became law by virtue of the convention method. Despite more than 400 applications, no constitutional convention has been called in 202 years. Indeed it was James Madison who wrote, "Having witnessed the difficulties and dangers experienced by the first Convention. . . . I should tremble for the result of a Second." In Unfounded Fears: Myths and Realities of a Constitutional Convention, Weber and Perry present a balanced, scholarly look on this controversial topic and introduce surprising conclusions. Weber and Perry seek to determine if, in fact, the first convention was a runaway, as common wisdom holds, and they examine the process by which the Convention was called. They also review the attempts since 1787 to call a second constitutional convention, and they confront many of the questions commonly raised about a potential convention, including the process for electing delegates and the ability of Congress to establish and control the convention's procedures and substance of what a convention does. In their final chapter, they reflect on the realities of a balanced-budget amendment.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Since the first and only constitutional convention in 1787, 26 amendments have been added to our governing document, but not one of them became law by virtue of the convention method. Despite more than 400 applications, no constitutional convention has been called in 202 years. Indeed it was James Madison who wrote, "Having witnessed the difficulties and dangers experienced by the first Convention. . . . I should tremble for the result of a Second." In Unfounded Fears: Myths and Realities of a Constitutional Convention, Weber and Perry present a balanced, scholarly look on this controversial topic and introduce surprising conclusions. Weber and Perry seek to determine if, in fact, the first convention was a runaway, as common wisdom holds, and they examine the process by which the Convention was called. They also review the attempts since 1787 to call a second constitutional convention, and they confront many of the questions commonly raised about a potential convention, including the process for electing delegates and the ability of Congress to establish and control the convention's procedures and substance of what a convention does. In their final chapter, they reflect on the realities of a balanced-budget amendment.
The Constitutional Convention and the Formation of the Union
Author: Winton U. Solberg
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Reprint of the Bobbs-Merrill edition, published as The Federal convention and the formation of the Union of the American States, in 1958, with only typographical and bibliographical changes and an update to the list of amendments to the Constitution. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Reprint of the Bobbs-Merrill edition, published as The Federal convention and the formation of the Union of the American States, in 1958, with only typographical and bibliographical changes and an update to the list of amendments to the Constitution. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR