The framers' coup : the making of the United States Constitution /

"Based on prodigious research and told largely through the voices of the participants, Michael Klarman's The Framers' Coup narrates how the Framers' clashing interests shaped the Constitution--and American history itself. ... Not only does Klarman capture the knife's-edge at...

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Main Author: Klarman, Michael J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • Flaws in the Articles of Confederation
  • Economic turmoil in the states and the road to Philadelphia
  • The Constitutional Convention
  • Slavery and the Constitutional Convention
  • Critics of the Constitution : the Antifederalists
  • The ratifying contest
  • The Bill of Rights
  • Conclusion