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Author:

Collier, Christopher, 1930-

Title:

Decision in Philadelphia : the Constitutional Convention of 1787 / Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier.

Edition:

2007 Ballantine Books trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Ballantine Books :

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xiv, 432 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Constitutional Convention--(1787)
Constitutional conventions--United States.
Constitutional history--United States.

Other Authors:

Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-421) and index.

Contents:

"Our case may become desperate": Nation in jeopardy -- America in 1787 -- Mind of James Madison -- Unbelievable George Washington -- Madison plans a government -- Alexander Hamilton and the British model -- Puzzle of Charles Pinckney -- Men, manners, and rules: the convention begins -- Large states and the small: Roger Sherman and the art of compromise -- William Paterson picks a fight -- Battle joined -- Luther Martin and a lost opportunity -- "Most serious and threatening excitement" -- North and south: New alliance -- Western lands -- Another trade-off -- Question of power: Balancing act -- Curing the Republican disease -- James Wilson, democratic nationalist -- In the shadow of Washington -- Elbridge Gerry's war against the army -- George Mason and the rights of man -- "Most remarkable work".

ISBN:

0345498402 (pbk.)
9780345498403 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)141385016

LCCN:

2007280286

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)