02623cam a2200397 a 45000010005000000030006000050050017000110080041000280100017000690200025000860200022001110200026001330200023001590350024001820400067002060420008002730430012002810500023002930820019003161000032003352450084003672500060004512600041005113000074005525040066006265200956006926100050016486500043016988560106017418560091018478560075019389060045020139420015020589990015020739520137020883223FISKH20240507103347.0100702s2010    nyuabf   b    001 0 eng    a  2010027709  a9780684868547 (hbk.)  a0684868547 (hbk.)  z9781451606362 (ebook)  z1451606362 (ebook)  a(OCoLC)ocn555639501  aDLCcDLCdBTCTAdYDXCPdUPZdMLYdC#PdMOFdBWXdCDXdMALdDLC  apcc  an-us---00aKF4541b.M278 201000a342.7302/92221 aMaier, Pauline,d1938-2013.10aRatification :bthe people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 /cPauline Maier.  a First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition October 2010   aNew York :bSimon & Schuster,c2010.  axvi, 589 pages [16] pages. of plates :billustration., maps ;c25 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [491]-559) and index.  aContents: 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.


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.10aUnited States.tConstitutionxPublic opinion. 0aConstitutional historyzUnited States.423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010027709-b.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010027709-d.html423Book review (H-Net)uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=32211  a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2ddccBKn0  c3223d3223  00102ddc40708NFICa001b001cTKSNFd2024-02-20l0oMAI 342.7302 KF4541.M278 2010p2024-0090r2024-02-20 15:09:15w2024-02-20yBK