Origins of the American Constitution A Documentary History

Name: Origins of the American Constitution A Documentary History
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ISBN: 9780140087444

ISBN-10: 0140087443

ISBN-13: 9780140087444

Edition: 2003 (Reprint)

Authors: Michael Kammen, Michael Kammen

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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.

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/4/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.07" wide x 7.67" long x 0.97" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Michael Kammen is the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University. His books include Spheres of Liberty: Changing Perceptions of Liberty in American Culture and A Season of Youth: The American Revolution and the Historical Imagination. He was awarded the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization.