Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution

Richard Beeman

ISBN 10: 1400065704 / ISBN 13: 9781400065707

Verlag: Random House, 2009

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G1400065704I4N10

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Takes readers behind the scenes, beyond the debates, and into the streets, taverns, and mansions of Philadelphia to show how the constitution was forged through conflict, compromise, and eventually fragile consensus as James Madison and his cohorts devised a plan to radically alter the balance of governmental power. Original.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Richard Beeman is a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of five previous books on the history of revolutionary America; his biography of Patrick Henry was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has received awards from, among others, the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and he has served as Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University. He also serves as a trustee and vice-chair of the Distinguished Scholars Panel of the National Constitution Center. Richard Beeman lives in Philadelphia.

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Titel: Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the ...
Verlag: Random House
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket