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Shapers of the Great Debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 - A Biographical Dictionary (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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Shapers of the Great Debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 - A Biographical Dictionary (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Series: Shapers of the Great American Debates
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As the oldest still operational written constitution in the world,
the U.S. Constitution—and the concepts it proclaims— have been
under almost constant attack since its inception. At a convention
in 1787, fifty-five delegates assembled in Philadelphia to revise
and amend the Articles of Confederation, only to emerge sixteen
weeks later with a new document: the U.S. Constitution. The
convention was filled with constant debate over how much power
should be given to government and how should this power be
allocated, state rights v. nationalists, small states v. large
states, political conservatives v. political liberals, and
slave-owners v. non-slave-owners. Fifty-five biographies, one for
each delegate, are presented. Biographies include such notable
individuals as Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington, Luther Martin, and James Madison. An introductory
essay, appendices including the Articles of Confederation and the
United States Constitution, and an annotated bibliography are also
included. The Shapers of the Great Debate series takes a
biographical approach to history, following the premise that people
make history in the circumstances in which they find themselves.
Each volume in this series examines the lives and experiences of
the individual's involved in a particular debate through major and
minor biographies.
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