Shapers of the great debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 : a biographical dictionary
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Shapers of the great debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 : a biographical dictionary
（Shapers of the great American debates / Peter B. Levy, series editor, no. 8）
Greenwood Press, 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-359) and index
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As the oldest still operational written constitution in the world, the U.S. Constitution—and the concepts it proclaims— have been under almost constant attack since its inception. At a convention in 1787, fifty-five delegates assembled in Philadelphia to revise and amend the Articles of Confederation, only to emerge sixteen weeks later with a new document: the U.S. Constitution. The convention was filled with constant debate over how much power should be given to government and how should this power be allocated, state rights v. nationalists, small states v. large states, political conservatives v. political liberals, and slave-owners v. non-slave-owners. Fifty-five biographies, one for each delegate, are presented. Biographies include such notable individuals as Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Luther Martin, and James Madison. An introductory essay, appendices including the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution, and an annotated bibliography are also included.
The Shapers of the Great Debate series takes a biographical approach to history, following the premise that people make history in the circumstances in which they find themselves. Each volume in this series examines the lives and experiences of the individual's involved in a particular debate through major and minor biographies.
Table of Contents
- Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introductory Essay Baldwin, Abraham
- Bassett, Richard
- Bedford, Gunning Jr.
- Blair, John
- Blount, William
- Brearley, David
- Broom, Jacob
- Butler, Pierce Carroll, Daniel
- Clymer, George Davie, William Richardson
- Dayton, Johnathan Dickinson Ellsworth, Oliver Few, William
- Fitzsimmons, Thomas
- Franklin, Benjamin Gerry, Elbridge
- Gilman, Nicholas
- Gorham, Nathaniel Hamilton Houston, William Alexander
- Houstoun, William Churchill Ingersoll, Jared Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas
- Johnson, William Samuel King, Rufus Lansing, John Livingston McClurg, James William
- McHenry, James
- Madison, James Jr.
- Martin, Alexander
- Martin, Luther
- Mason, George
- Mercer, John Francis Mifflin
- Morris, Gouverneur
- Morris, Robert
- Pierce, William Leigh Patterson, William
- Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
- Randolph, Edmund
- Read, George Rutledge Sherman, Roger John
- Spaight, Richard Dobbs
- Strong, Caleb Washington, George
- Williamson, Hugh
- Wilson, James
- Wythe, George Yates, Robert Appendix A: The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Appendix B: The Constitution of the United States Selected Annotated Bibliography
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