The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification 1787-1788
A Library of America Boxed Set
- Hardcover
2389 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2017
Summary
The ultimate record of the nation’s birth, now in a collector’s boxed set.
During the secret proceedings of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the framers created a fundamentally new national plan to replace the Articles of Confederation and then submitted it to conventions in each state for ratification. Immediately, a fierce storm of argument broke. Gathering hundreds of original texts by Franklin, Madison, Jefferson, Washington, and Patrick Henry—as well as many others less wel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598534115 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1598534114 |
| Author: | Bernard Bailyn |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 2389 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 1.63kg |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 137mm x 80mm |
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“The best resource for understanding the morning headlines I’ve seen in a long time.”
“The best resource for understanding the morning headlines I’ve seen in a long time.” — Bill Moyers
“An easily accessible set of sacred writings for America’s civil religion, these two books are composed of the very stuff of history.” — The Chicago Tribune
“Not only is it wonderful writing, it is wonderful thinking.” — Nina Totenberg, NPR
About The Author
Bernard Bailyn
BERNARD BAILYN is Adams University Professor and James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History, emeritus, at Harvard University. He is the author many acclaimed works, including The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution and Voyagers to the West- A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution.
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