The Origins of the American Constitution: a Documentary History

Publisher Marketing: THIS READER WILL PROVIDE A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE CREATING AND SHAPING OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION. KAMMEN WILL TELL THE STORY OF THE CONSTITU- TION THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS THAT INFLUENCED AND INTERPRETED IT; THE POLITICAL PAMPHLETS, WHERE MANY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES WERE FIRST ADDRESSED, THE WRITINGS OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND THE WRITTEN RECORDS OF VARIOUS DEBATES. THIS READER WILL INCLUDE SELECTIONS FROM THE FEDERALIST PAPERS, THE ANTI- FEDERALIST PAPERS, MADISON'S NOTES ON THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION OF 1787, DEBATES IB STATE RATIFYING CONVENTIONS AS WELL AS CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MADISON, JEFFERSON, ADAMS AND OTHERS AT THE TIME OF THE DRAFTING AND IN REFLECTION YEARS LATER. Review Citations: Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1993 pg. 175 (EAN 9780140087444, Paperback) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 172 (EAN 9780140087444, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Kammen, Michael G Michael Kammen, the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University, is a past president of the Organization of American Historians. He is the author or editor of numerous works, including "People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization," which won the Pulitzer Prize for History, and "A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture," awarded the Francis Parkman Prize and the Henry Adams Prize. He has lectured throughout the world.