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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       Subjects     Constitutional history -- United States.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.     United States -- Social conditions.     United States -- Economic conditions.     Browse Catalog       by title:      The creation of the ...         MARC Display

The creation of the U.S. Constitution / Loreta M. Medina, book editor. San Diego : Greenhaven Press, c2003. Subjects Constitutional history -- United States.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.   United States -- Social conditions.   United States -- Economic conditions. ISBN:  0737712627 (lib. : alk. paper) : 0737712619 (pbk. : alk. paper) Series:  Turning points (Greenhaven Press) Description:  253 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. Contents:  Foreword -- Introduction : Consensus and conflict in the framing of the Constitution -- Society divided : the colonies at the framing of the Constitution -- Internal struggle between the elite and the underclass / Merrill Jensen ; Economic instability plagues the union / Clinton Rossiter ; Strong national identity bridges class and social divisions / Richard B. Bernstein with Kym S. Rice -- Roots of the Constitution -- Defining principles of a new, federal government / Bernard Bailyn ; Early experiments with mixed government / Gordon S. Wood -- Constitution lays the foundation of a nation --Ensuring the independence of the three branches of government / George W. Carey ; Establishing the powers of the executive office / Jack N. Rakove ; Great compromise determines representation in Congress / Max Farrand ; Protecting commercial interest and sealing the fate of slaves / Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier ; Guaranteeing civil liberties in the First Amendment / Richard B. Bernstein with Jerome Agel -- Legacy of the Constitution -- Flourish of free enterprise / Nation's business ; Inspiration to other nations / John Greenwald ; Question of slavery : preserving the union at the expense of justice / Herbert J. Storing -- Critiques of the Constitution -- Constitution is an economic document / Charles A. Beard ; Women had to fight to become equal citizens / Sharon Whitney ; Strategy of evasion and silence on the slavery issue / Joseph J. Ellis. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Ewa Beach P/S Library YA -- Nonfiction 342.7302 Cr Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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