THE ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION by Michael Kammen (Editor) ( 9780140087444 )

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Title:

THE ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION
A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0140087443

ISBN 13:

9780140087444

Publisher:

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

4 November, 1986

Edition:

Reprint Open market ed

Pages:

448

Description:

Describes the evolution of the American Constitution by analyzing material from state constitutions, the Articles of Confederation, the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, and the personal correspondence of Convention delegates.

Synopsis:

THIS READER WILL PROVIDE A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE CREATING AND SHAPING OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION. KAMMEN WILL TELL THE STORY OF THE CONSTITU- TION THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS THAT INFLUENCED AND INTERPRETED IT; THE POLITICAL PAMPHLETS, WHERE MANY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES WERE FIRST ADDRESSED, THE WRITINGS OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND THE WRITTEN RECORDS OF VARIOUS DEBATES. THIS READER WILL INCLUDE SELECTIONS FROM "THE FEDERALIST PAPERS, THE ANTI- FEDERALIST PAPERS", MADISON'S NOTES ON THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION OF 1787, DEBATES IB STATE RATIFYING CONVENTIONS AS WELL AS CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MADISON, JEFFERSON, ADAMS AND OTHERS AT THE TIME OF THE DRAFTING AND IN REFLECTION YEARS LATER.

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index

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Imprint:

Penguin Books Ltd

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Non-returnable

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