Madison's Hand - Revising the Constitutional Convention (Paperback)

Winner of the Bancroft Prize Winner of the James Bradford Best Biography Prize, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Finalist, Literary Award for Nonfiction, Library of Virginia Finalist, George Washington Prize James Madison's Notes on the 1787 Constitutional Convention have acquired nearly unquestioned authority as the description of the U.S. Constitution's creation. No document provides a more complete record of the deliberations in Philadelphia or depicts the Convention's charismatic figures, crushing disappointments, and miraculous triumphs with such narrative force. But how reliable is this account? "[A] superb study of the Constitutional Convention as selectively reflected in Madison's voluminous notes on it...Scholars have been aware that Madison made revisions in the Notes but have not intensively explored them. Bilder has looked closely indeed at the Notes and at his revisions, and the result is this lucid, subtle book. It will be impossible to view Madison's role at the convention and read his Notes in the same uncomplicated way again...An accessible and brilliant rethinking of a crucial moment in American history." -Robert K. Landers, Wall Street Journal

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2017
Authors:	Mary Sarah Bilder
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-97974-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > History > American history > 1500 to 1800 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General Books > History > American history > 1500 to 1800 Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Promotions
LSN:	0-674-97974-5
Barcode:	9780674979741

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