Essays on the Making of the Constitution

ISBN 10: 0195049020 / ISBN 13: 9780195049022

Edité par Oxford University Press, 1987

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Synopsis :

Historians have engaged in a prolonged debate, that perhaps defies resolution, over the making of the Constitution. Were the framers enlightened, disinterested statesmen seeking to rescue a nation then drifting dangerously toward anarchy? Were they conspiratorial representatives of a rising financial and industrial capitalism? Was the Constitution primarily an economic or a political document? This collection of essays, by such renowned scholars as Charles Beard, Andrew C. McLaughlin, and John P. Roche, addresses the myriad questions that surround the creation of the principal document of the American governmental system. With a revised introduction and conclusion, the second edition is an indispensable and timely tool for courses in American government and constitutional history.

Présentation de l'éditeur: This new edition of Professor Levy's highly-successful reader includes essays by Charles Beard, Andrew C. McLaughlin, Merrill Jenson, Forrest MacDonald, John P. Roche, and Eric McKitrick, among others. The publication of this collection, which amply represents the extensive research being undertaken in an historiographical field that has been particularly active over the past decade, coincided with the 1987 bicentenary of the Constitutional Convention.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Essays on the Making of the Constitution
Éditeur : Oxford University Press
Date d'édition : 1987
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Good
Edition : 2ème Édition