Overview
This history of the 1787 Constitutional Convention uses a chronological narrative format to capture the complexity, messiness, and unfolding daily drama behind the writing of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the role of contingency in that process. * Captures the drama, complexity, and contingency of the Constitutional Convention through chronological narrative * Is accessible to readers in terms of length and writing style * Finds its basis in trustworthy and citable primary sources * Includes a background chapter on events leading up to the convention, as well as a concluding chapter that covers the ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights * Includes 15 primary source documents, 15 biographical sketches of convention delegates, a chronology, and a bibliographical essay
- | Author: Stuart Leibiger
- | Publisher: Abc-Clio
- | Publication Date: Jun 30, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 323 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1440862966
- | ISBN-13: 9781440862960
