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100 1 _aMaier, Pauline,
_d1938-2013.
245 1 0 _aRatification :
_bthe people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 /
_cPauline Maier.
250 _a First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition October 2010
260 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2010.
300 _axvi, 589 pages [16] pages. of plates :
_billustration., maps ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [491]-559) and index.
520 _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.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_tConstitution
_xPublic opinion.
650 0 _aConstitutional history
_zUnited States.
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010027709-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010027709-d.html
856 4 2 _3Book review (H-Net)
_uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=32211
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