Are We to Be a Nation?: The Making of the Constitution

by Richard Bruce Bernstein

Book Overview

The Constitution of the United States is the product of a revolution in political thought as momentous as the winning of American independence. This profusely illustrated volume is a magnificent tribute to the oldest surviving charter of a federal republic. In a felicitous blend of words and pictures, Richard B. Bernstein retells the entire story of this revolution: the problems under the Articles of Confederation; the intense, often vituperative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674044754
• ISBN13: 9780674044753
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.