Michael J. Klarman (Kirkland & Kirkland Ellis Professor of Law & E

The Framers' Coup

The Making of the United States Constitution

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 880
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 148mm x 53mm
• Gewicht: 1252g
• ISBN-13: 9780190865962
• ISBN-10: 0190865962
• Artikelnr.: 49789829

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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