Description
Book SynopsisContested Conventions is a cohesive and compelling account of the defining issues that led to the establishment of the Constitution; it should appeal to history students and scholars alike.
Trade ReviewThis informative study will fit in collections dealing with the birth of the nation at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The writing style is such that it should also appeal to a general readership. This work deserves to be in the libraries of all four-year institutions. Highly recomended. Choice
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Abbreviations Used in the Notes
Part One
The Critical Period of American History
1. A Union of Large and Small States
2. A Union with Slaveholders
Part Two
Stacking the Deck
3. Massachusetts and the First Nine States
4. Virginia Matters
5. New York Joins the Union
6. North Carolina, the Bill of Rights, and the Madisonian Exchange
Epilogue
Appendixes
A. The Perils of Originalism
B. Constitutional Convention: Attendance by States
C. Chronology of Ratification
Index
