Essays on the Making of the Constitution, 2nd Edition

by Leonard W. Levy

Book Overview

Historians have engaged in a prolonged debate, that perhaps defies resolution, over the making of the Constitution. Were the framers enlightened, disinterested statesmen seeking to rescue a nation then drifting dangerously toward anarchy? Were they conspiratorial representatives of a rising financial and industrial capitalism? Was the Constitution primarily an economic or a political document? This collection of essays, by such renowned scholars as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195049020
• ISBN13: 9780195049022
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.0"