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What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans? Edward Countryman

What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans? By Edward Countryman

What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans? by Edward Countryman

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This student text focuses on the American constitution, introducing important commentaries on the critical questions surrounding its impact on early Americans, and drawing students into the continuing debate with questions for discussion.

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What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans? Summary

What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans? by Edward Countryman

In this brief student book, Edward Countryman focuses on one great document in American history, introduces important commentaries on the critical questions surrounding its impact on early Americans, and draws students into the continuing debate with questions for discussion.

About Edward Countryman

EDWARD COUNTRYMAN is University Distinguished Professor in the Clements Department of History at Southern Methodist University. He has also taught at the Universities of Warwick and Cambridge; the University of Canterbury; and Yale University. He has published widely on the American Revolution, winning a Bancroft Prize for his book "A People in Revolution" (1981). Together with Evonne von Heussen-Countryman, he has also published "Shane" in the British Film Institute Film Classics series.

Table of Contents

Foreword - A Note for Students - PART ONE: THE DOCUMENT - The Constitution of the United States - PART TWO: THE CREATION OF THE UNITED STATES - From Revolution to Ratification, a Brief Narrative - Historians and the Constitution - PART THREE: SOME CURRENT QUESTIONS - What were the Issues in 1787? - The 'Great National Discussion': The Discourse of Politics in 1787; I.Kramnick - Were the Framers Counter-Revolutionaries? - The Federalist Reaction to Shays's Rebellion; S.E.Patterson - What Did the Federalists Achieve? - The American Science of Politics; G.S.Wood - Did the Constitution Create a Republic of White Men? - 'Of Every Age, Sex and Condition': The Representation of Women in the Constitution; J.Lewis - Can we know the Original Intent of the Framers? - The Perils of Originalism; J N.Rakove - Making Connections - Bibliographic Note

Additional information

CIN0312182627G
9780312182625
0312182627
What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans? by Edward Countryman
Edward Countryman
Historians at Work S.
Used - Good
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
1999-03-02
192
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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