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Author:

Heideking, Jèurgen, 1947-

Title:

The Constitution before the judgment seat : the prehistory and ratification of the American Constitution, 1787-1791 / Jèurgen Heideking ; edited by John P. Kaminski and Richard Leffler.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xxviii, 552 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Constitutional history--United States.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.
United States--Intellectual life--18th century.
United States.--Constitutional Convention--(1787)

Other Authors:

Kaminski, John P.
Leffler, Richard.

Other Titles:

Verfassung vor dem Richterstuhl. English.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [519]-525) and index.

Contents:

Ratification chronology, 1786-1791 -- Introduction : the historical significance of the debate over the American Constitution -- Historical background -- Public discourses and private correspondence -- The debate over basic principles -- Party formation and convention elections -- State ratifying conventions -- Republican festive culture -- The creation of the Bill of Rights -- Conclusion : Constitution-making as a political and cultural process : America's debate over the Constitution and the French Revolution.

Summary:

First translation by Jerry Neeb-Crippen made from a text with "substantial deletions" by the author. Richard Leffler and the author revised the first three chapters of the translation; then Leffler and Kaminski finished the editing. (p. ix)

ISBN:

0813931746 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813931746 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)708648736

LCCN:

2011012444

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)