Plain, honest men : the making of the American Constitution /
From distinguished historian Richard Beeman comes a dramatic and engrossing account of the men who met in Philadelphia during the summer of 1787 to design a radically new form of government. Beeman takes readers behind the scenes and beyond the debate to show how the world's most enduring const...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[2009]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | From distinguished historian Richard Beeman comes a dramatic and engrossing account of the men who met in Philadelphia during the summer of 1787 to design a radically new form of government. Beeman takes readers behind the scenes and beyond the debate to show how the world's most enduring constitution was forged through conflict, compromise and, eventually, fragile consensus during a time when many Americans feared that a combination of financial distress and civil unrest would doom the young nation's experiment in liberty. |
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| Physical Description: | xxvii, 514 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-448) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400065707 (alk. paper) 1400065704 (alk. paper) |