Ratification : the people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

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.

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Main Author: Maier, Pauline, 1938-2013.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Edition:1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
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505 0 |a The morning after -- "Take this or nothing" -- A war of printed words : the national debate begins -- The Pennsylvania ratifying convention -- with Delaware, New Jersey, and Georgia -- "We the people" of Connecticut and Massachusetts -- The Massachusetts Convention I : the "conversation" begins -- The Massachusetts Convention II : " -- with cordiality" -- A rough road to Richmond : New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maryland, and South Carolina -- The Virginia Convention I : a battle of giants -- The Virginia Convention II : under the eyes of heaven -- On to Poughkeepsie -- The New York Convention I : a failure of oratory -- The New York Convention II : in or out? -- Some final twists : the North Carolina Convention, a meeting in Pennsylvania, and the ratification story draws to an end. 
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