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Beschreibung
Americans revere their Constitution. However, most of us are unaware how tumultuous and improbable the drafting and ratification processes were. Based on prodigious research and told largely through the voices of the participants, Michael Klarman's The Framers' Coup narrates how the Framers' clashing interests shaped the Constitution¿and American history itself.
Americans revere their Constitution. However, most of us are unaware how tumultuous and improbable the drafting and ratification processes were. Based on prodigious research and told largely through the voices of the participants, Michael Klarman's The Framers' Coup narrates how the Framers' clashing interests shaped the Constitution¿and American history itself.
Über den Autor
Michael J. Klarman is Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author of the Bancroft Prize-winning From Jim Crow to Civil Rights (OUP).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • Chapter 1: Flaws in the Articles of Confederation

  • Chapter 2: Economic Turmoil in the States and the Road to Philadelphia

  • Chapter 3: The Constitutional Convention

  • Chapter 4: Slavery and the Constitutional Constitution

  • Chapter 5: Critics of the Constitution: The Antifederalists

  • Chapter 6: The Ratifying Contest

  • Chapter 7: The Bill of Rights

  • Chapter 8: Conclusion

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780190865962
ISBN-10: 0190865962
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Klarman, Michael J
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 228 x 148 x 53 mm
Von/Mit: Michael J Klarman
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2018
Gewicht: 1,137 kg
Artikel-ID: 121048117