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The framers' coup : the making of the United States Constitution / Michael J. Klarman.

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  • ISBN: 9780199942039
  • Physical Description: xiii, 865 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 815-824) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Flaws in the Articles of Confederation -- Economic turmoil in the states and the road to Philadelphia -- The Constitutional Convention -- Slavery and the Constitutional Constitution -- Critics of the Constitution: the Antifederalists -- The ratifying contest -- The Bill of Rights -- Conclusion.
Subject: United States. Constitution.
Constitutional history > United States.
Constitutions > United States.