MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2010027709
003 DLC
005 20100702144303.0
008 100702s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a0684868547
020 $a9781451606362 (ebook)
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050 00 $aKF4541$b.M278 2010
082 00 $a342.7302/9$222
100 1 $aMaier, Pauline,$d1938-
245 10 $aRatification :$bthe people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 /$cPauline Maier.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$cc2010.
263 $a1010
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe morning after -- "Take this or nothing" -- A war of printed words : the beginning of a national debate -- The Pennsylvania convention with Delaware, New Jersey, and Georgia -- "We the people" of Connecticut and Massachusetts -- The Massachusetts Convention, I : the "conversation" begins -- The Massachusetts Convention, II : "with cordiality" -- A rough road to Richmond with New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maryland, and South Carolina -- The Virginia Convention, I : a battle of giants -- The Virginia Convention, II : under the eyes of heaven -- On to Poughkeepsie -- The New York Convention, I : a failure of oratory -- The New York Convention II : in or out? -- Some final twists : the North Carolina Convention, a meeting in Pennsylvania, and the story of ratification draws to an end.
650 0 $aConstitutional history$zUnited States.