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Contested conventions : the struggle to establish the constitution and save the union, 1787-1789

Title
Contested conventions : the struggle to establish the constitution and save the union, 1787-1789 / Melvin Yazawa, University of New Mexico.
Author
Yazawa, Melvin
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.

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Description
xviii, 290 pages; 23 cm.
Subject
  • United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
  • United States
  • Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787)
  • Constitution (United States)
  • 1783-1789
  • Constitutional history > United States
  • Constitutional history
  • Politics and government
  • United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Constitution Day -- Part I. Creation: the critical period of American history -- A union of large and small states -- A union with slaveholders -- Part II. Ratification: stacking the deck -- Massachusetts and the first nine states -- Virginia matters -- New York joins the union -- North Carolina, the Bill of Rights, and the Madisonian exchange -- Epilogue: a new generation who know not us.
Call Number
JFE 16-10842
ISBN
  • 9781421420264 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1421420260 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781421420271 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
  • 1421420279 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2015037770
OCLC
YBP 2015037770
Author
Yazawa, Melvin, author.
Title
Contested conventions : the struggle to establish the constitution and save the union, 1787-1789 / Melvin Yazawa, University of New Mexico.
Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1783-1789
Research Call Number
JFE 16-10842
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