Plain, honest men : the making of the American Constitution /

From distinguished historian Richard Beeman comes a dramatic and engrossing account of the men who met in Philadelphia during the summer of 1787 to design a radically new form of government. Beeman takes readers behind the scenes and beyond the debate to show how the world's most enduring constituti...

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Main Author:	Beeman, Richard R.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Random House, 2009.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	United States. > Constitutional Convention > (1787) Constitutional history > United States. United States. > Constitutional Convention. Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787) 1787 Constitutional history. United States.
Summary:	From distinguished historian Richard Beeman comes a dramatic and engrossing account of the men who met in Philadelphia during the summer of 1787 to design a radically new form of government. Beeman takes readers behind the scenes and beyond the debate to show how the world's most enduring constitution was forged through conflict, compromise, and, eventually, fragile consensus during a time when many Americans feared that a combination of financial distress and civil unrest would doom the young nation's experiment in liberty.