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The Constitutional Convention of 1787 a comprehensive encyclopedia of America's founding
Title:
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 a comprehensive encyclopedia of America's founding
Author:
Vile, John R.
ISBN:
9781851096749

9781851096695

9781280725371
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Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (2 v. (lxxv, 1009 p.)) : ill.
Contents:
List of Entries, A to Z; List of Sidebars; Topical Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Key Dates of the U.S. Founding and Its Background; Timetable of the Constitutional Convention; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Appendix A: Materials Prior to the Constitutional Convention; Appendix B: Materials from the Convention Debates and after the Convention; Appendix C: Charts; Selected Bibliography; Selected List of Cases; Selected Bibliography for Schoolteachers and Students; Websites on the Constitutional Convention; Index.
Abstract:
An encyclopedic treatment of the personalities, politics, and events involved in drafting the US Constitution. Biographies of all 55 delegates, analysis of the competing political viewpoints, procedural and substantive disputes, along with other details are all presented here.
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