Research Catalog

Title

The genius of the people / Charles L. Mee, Jr.

Author

Mee, Charles L.

Publication

New York : Harper & Row, ©1987.

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Details

Description

xi, 348 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 25 cm

Summary

"As it revealed itself in the strange mix of bankers, farmers, politicians, merchants, scholars and generals who struggled throughout the long summer of 1787 to construct a constitution unique in the history of nations"--Jacket subtitle.

Subject

• (1787)
• 1787
• Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787)
• Constitutional history
• Constitutional history > United States
• Constitutional history > United States
• United States
• United States > History
• United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)

Note

• "As it revealed itself in the strange mix of bankers, farmers, politicians, merchants, scholars and generals who struggled throughout the long summer of 1787 to construct a constitution unique in the history of nations"--Jacket subtitle.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-336) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. The man of history -- The man of order -- The man of liberty -- Early arrivals -- The opening session -- pt. 2. First principles -- The question of democracy -- The executive -- The keystone of the Constitution -- pt. 3. The opposition in place -- The localists attack -- The localists attack again -- The localists attack yet again -- Anarchy, and the turning point -- The fourth of July -- The great compromise -- pt. 4. The President -- Details -- Slavery -- The powers of Congress -- The President again -- Finishing touches and final objections -- The signing -- Epilogue: Ratification.

ISBN

• 006015702X
• 9780060157029

LCCN

86045669

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library