The Constitution Before the Judgment Seat: The Prehistory and Ratification of the American Constitution, 1787-1791 Contributor(s): Heideking, Jürgen (Author), Kaminski, John P. (Editor), Leffler, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0813931746 ISBN-13: 9780813931746 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $59.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - Political Science | Constitutions - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
Dewey: 342.730 |
LCCN: 2011012444 |
Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.4" W x 9.4" (2.15 lbs) 584 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
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Publisher Description: Originally published in German in 1988, the late J rgen Heideking's exhaustive study of the debates over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution compares the methods used to call state ratifying conventions and explores everything that made up the ratification debate, from town meetings and festive culture to private correspondence and print media. In Heideking's view, the construction of a new political process was an unintended but key result of ratification debates over the federal Constitution. Heideking's work anticipated diverse strands of subsequent scholarship; this translation can claim to provide not only an invaluable account of the ratification debates but also a master narrative for integrating future studies. |