Original intentions : on the making and ratification of the United States Constitution / M.E. Bradford
- Bib ID:
- 1385559
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bradford, M. E. (Melvin E.), 1934-
- Description:
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- Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1993
- xxiv, 165 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0820315214 (alkaline paper)
- Full contents:
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- Foreword / Forrest McDonald
- 1. Such a Government as the People Will Approve: The Great Convention as Comic Action
- 2. The Best Constitution in Existence: The Influence of the British Example on the Framers of Our Fundamental Law
- 3. The Process of Ratification: A Study in Political Dynamics
- 4. A Dike to Fence Out the Flood: The Ratification of the Constitution in Massachusetts
- 5. Preserving the Birthright: The Intention of South Carolina in Adopting the United States Constitution
- 6. A Great Refusal: The North Carolina Ratification Convention of 1788
- 7. Religion and the Framers: The Biographical Evidence
- 8. Changed Only a Little: The Reconstruction Amendments and the Nomocratic Constitution of 1787
- Epilogue: The Comforting Delusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Constitutional history -- United States
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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