Author: Jonathan ElliotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1780
Book Description
The Debates in the Several State Conventions
Author: Jonathan ElliotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1780
Book Description
Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
Author: Jonathan ElliotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September, 1787
Author: United States. Constitutional ConventionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Madison’s Hand
Author: Mary Sarah BilderPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674055276
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Winner of the Bancroft Prize Winner of the James Bradford Best Biography Prize, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Finalist, Literary Award for Nonfiction, Library of Virginia Finalist, George Washington Prize James Madison’s Notes on the 1787 Constitutional Convention have acquired nearly unquestioned authority as the description of the U.S. Constitution’s creation. No document provides a more complete record of the deliberations in Philadelphia or depicts the Convention’s charismatic figures, crushing disappointments, and miraculous triumphs with such narrative force. But how reliable is this account? “[A] superb study of the Constitutional Convention as selectively reflected in Madison’s voluminous notes on it...Scholars have been aware that Madison made revisions in the Notes but have not intensively explored them. Bilder has looked closely indeed at the Notes and at his revisions, and the result is this lucid, subtle book. It will be impossible to view Madison’s role at the convention and read his Notes in the same uncomplicated way again...An accessible and brilliant rethinking of a crucial moment in American history.” —Robert K. Landers, Wall Street Journal
The Federalist Papers
Author: Alexander HamiltonPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528785878
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of “The Federalist Papers”, a collection of separate essays and articles compiled in 1788 by Alexander Hamilton. Following the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, the governing doctrines and policies of the States lacked cohesion. “The Federalist”, as it was previously known, was constructed by American statesman Alexander Hamilton, and was intended to catalyse the ratification of the United States Constitution. Hamilton recruited fellow statesmen James Madison Jr., and John Jay to write papers for the compendium, and the three are known as some of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755–1804) was an American lawyer, journalist and highly influential government official. He also served as a Senior Officer in the Army between 1799-1800 and founded the Federalist Party, the system that governed the nation’s finances. His contributions to the Constitution and leadership made a significant and lasting impact on the early development of the nation of the United States.
Shapers of the Great Debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787
Author: Joseph MortonPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
"The convention was filled with constant debate over how much power should be given to government and how this power should be allocated, state rights v. nationalists, small states v. large states, political conservatives v. political liberals, and slave-owners v. non-slave-owners. Fifty-five biographies, one for each delegate, are presented. Biographies include such notable individuals as Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Luther Martin, and James Madison. An introductory essay, appendices including the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution, and an annotated bibliography are also included."--BOOK JACKET.
The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
Author: Jonathan ElliotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Ratification
Author: Pauline MaierPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684868555
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
The dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years.
The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. Edited by Max Farrand
Author: United StatesJournal of the Federal Convention
Author: United States. Constitutional ConventionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description