Shapers of the great debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 a biographical dictionary
Title:
Shapers of the great debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 a biographical dictionary
Author:
Morton, Joseph C.
ISBN:
9780313060328
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 368 p.)
Series:
Shapers of the great American debates, no. 8
Shapers of the great American debates ; no. 8.
Contents:
SERIES FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ABRAHAM BALDWIN (1754-1807); RICHARD BASSETT (1745-1815); GUNNING BEDFORD, JR. (1747-1812); JOHN BLAIR (1732-1800); WILLIAM BLOUNT (1749-1800); DAVID BREARLEY (1745-1790); JACOB BROOM (1752-1810); PIERCE BUTLER (1744-1822); DANIEL CARROLL (1730-1796); GEORGE CLYMER (1739-1813); WILLIAM RICHARDSON DAVIE (1756-1820); JONATHAN DAYTON (1760-1824); JOHN DICKINSON (1732-1808); OLIVER ELLSWORTH (1745-1807); WILLIAM FEW (1748-1828); THOMAS FITZSIMONS (1741-1811); BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790); ELBRIDGE GERRY (1744-1814).
Abstract:
As the oldest still operational written constitution in the world, the U.S. Constitution--and the concepts it proclaims-- have been under almost constant attack since its inception. At a convention in 1787, fifty-five delegates assembled in Philadelphia to revise and amend the Articles of Confederation, only to emerge sixteen weeks later with a new document: the U.S. Constitution. The convention was filled with constant debate over how much power should be given to government and how should this power be allocated, state rights v. nationalists, small states v. large states, political conservativ.
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