For Ourselves and Our Posterity - The Preamble to the Federal Constitution in American History (Paperback, New)

In For Ourselves and Our Posterity: The Preamble to the Federal Constitution in American History, author Peter Charles Hoffer offers a sweeping, dramatic narration of a crucial moment in Early American history. Over the course of five days in September 1787, five men serving on an ad hoc "Committee of Style and Arrangement" edited the draft of the federal Constitution at the Constitutional Convention, profoundly recasting the wording of the Preamble. In so doing, the committee changed a federation into a Union and laid out an ambitious program for national governance many years ahead of its time. The Preamble and all that it came to represent was the unique achievement of a remarkable group of men at a momentous turning point in American history. Providing a clear exposition of constitutional issues, For Ourselves and Our Posterity features individual portraits of the leading framers at the heart of this dramatic event.

General

Imprint:	Oxford University Press Inc, USA
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Critical Historical Encounters
Release date:	August 2012
First published:	August 2012
Authors:	Peter Charles Hoffer
Dimensions:	206 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	192
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-989953-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-19-989953-3
Barcode:	9780199899531

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