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| Varying Form of Title: | Writing and ratification of the United States Constitution
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| ISBN: | 9781442217706
9781442217683 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1442217685 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781442217706 (ebk.)
1442217707 (ebk.)
1442217707
9781282166585
1282166581
1442217693
9781442217690
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index.
English.
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| Summary: | The writing of the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention that met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 was, along with the subsequent ratification of the document in state conventions, a major watershed in U.S. history. An understanding of the plans that were offered, the conflicts that were represented, and the arguments that were made are critical to an understanding of many features of the document that was ratified in 1789 as well as in understanding the Bill of Rights that was adopted in 1791. In The Writing and Ratifica.
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| Other form: | Print version: The writing and ratification of the U.S. Constitution Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012. 9781442217683 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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