Creating the Constitution

Name: Creating the Constitution
Brand: Pennsylvania State University Press
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The Convention of 1787 and the First Congress

Autor: Thornton Anderson

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In a lucid discussion that compares the debates in the Constitutional Convention with those in the F...

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Autor

Thornton Anderson

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engleză

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Publicat

1993

Pagini

272

EAN

9780271009209

ISBN

0271009209

Enbook ID

04563146

Editura

Pennsylvania State University Press

Greutate

413

Dimensiuni

140 x 229 x 21

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In a lucid discussion that compares the debates in the Constitutional Convention with those in the First U.S. Congress, Anderson very effectively combines factor analytical techniques with close textual analysis to uncover the presence of a hitherto undetected group in the Convention that he labels 'state Federalists.' This third group, which defended a middle ground between the state sovereignty and nationalist positions, was highly influential and largely responsible for the creation of a balanced federal system. The weakness of this group in the First Congress, Anderson argues, led to legislation and an evolved ideology that irrevocably changed the operation of the U.S. Constitution to a system significantly at variance with that agreed upon at the Convention. This is an original, interesting, and useful analysis of the role of the First Congress in the founding of the American political system. Anderson's book will undoubtedly engender some controversy, but it should also lead to a reconsideration of the Constitutional Convention as the defining moment in the creation of the American republic. -Donald S. Lutz, University of Houston Creating the Constitution presents a different interpretation of the Convention and the First Congress, derived largely from a close reading of Farrand's Records and the Annals of Congress. Among its special features are a critical perspective on the Framers, an examination of Court Whig influence on the Federalists, the identification of a third group-the state Federalists-between the nationalists and states righters, and a view of the First Congress as distorting the aims of the Convention.

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