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For the last twenty years this book has been cited by every serious
writer on early American constitutional development. Any
constitutional history of the independent United States must begin
with this comprehensive study. Professor Adams combines a European
perspective and a thorough knowledge of the antecedents of 1787 to
create an insightful analysis of the replacement by the
revolutionary generation of one government by another by-they
thought-"constitutional" means. Acting for "the people" in 11 of
the 13 rebelling states, various kinds of self-empowered
committees, "congresses," or "conventions" created new
constitutions and a system in which the states dominated over the
weaker Confederation government. This volume contains two new
chapters: one demonstrating precedents in the state constitutions
for the U.S. Constitution, and another chapter critically testing
the "republicanism over liberalism" thesis against political ideas
and institutional arrangements that constitute the first state
constitutions. The bibliography has been updated to include the
rich body of work written during the last two decades, much of it
indebted to this pioneering study.
Offering the six historical essays from the out-of-print
Bicentennial volume originally published by the U.S. Department of
Labor, this book tells the richly dramatic and rewarding story of
the working men and women who built the nation, from colonial
settlement and the beginning of the republic through the modern
labor movement and the space age. Originally published in 1983. The
Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology
to again make available previously out-of-print books from the
distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These
editions preserve the original texts of these important books while
presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The
goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access
to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books
published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Offering the six historical essays from the out-of-print
Bicentennial volume originally published by the U.S. Department of
Labor, this book tells the richly dramatic and rewarding story of
the working men and women who built the nation, from colonial
settlement and the beginning of the republic through the modern
labor movement and the space age.
Originally published in 1983.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905.
In this masterly account of the Philadelphia summer when our
Constitution was born, Clinton Rossiter establishes his claim that
the year 1787 is preeminent in American history. Bringing to life
the setting and the challenge, he shows how the delegates hammered
out the document on which our government and institutions rest
today.
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