Plain, Honest Men : The Making of the American Constitution

Beeman, Richard

ISBN 10: 1400065704 / ISBN 13: 9781400065707

Editore: Random House Publishing Group, 2009

Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Codice articolo 4690319-6

Riassunto:

Takes readers behind the scenes, beyond the debates, and into the streets, taverns, and mansions of Philadelphia to show how the constitution was forged through conflict, compromise, and eventually fragile consensus as James Madison and his cohorts devised a plan to radically alter the balance of governmental power. Original.

Informazioni sull'autore: Richard Beeman is a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of five previous books on the history of revolutionary America; his biography of Patrick Henry was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has received awards from, among others, the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and he has served as Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University. He also serves as a trustee and vice-chair of the Distinguished Scholars Panel of the National Constitution Center. Richard Beeman lives in Philadelphia.

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Titolo: Plain, Honest Men : The Making of the ...
Casa editrice: Random House Publishing Group
Data di pubblicazione: 2009
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good