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Title: Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 by Christopher Collier ISBN: 0-345-34652-1 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 May, 1987 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Introduction to Constitutional Convention
Comment: This book is a great read for people who wish to learn about the constitutional convention and the trials that that Founders faced in creating our system of government. The book also uncovers the personality traits of many of the Founders who played significant roles at the convention and discusses the disputes that served as stumbling blocks. As a person who is facinated by the U.S. Constitution, I highly recommend this book to anyone who is in the early stages of learning about it. The book is very accessable and not written in a scholarly fashion which makes it very enjoyable as well as educational.
Rating: 4
Summary: A very nice introduction
Comment: This book tells the story of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia which resulted in the writing of the U.S. Constitution. It starts by describing the dissatisfaction that some states had with the Articles of Confederation. Then, it goes through the issues important to the framers one at a time, describing the conflicts involved and how they were resolved.
Two issues are discussed at some length. First, the authors detail the battle over proportional representation versus equal representation for the states in the (new) Congress, which pitted the smaller states against an alliance between the biggest states and the Deep South states. Next, they discuss all the issues regarding slavery. The last several chapters of the book describe the ideas and compromises about how the government functions -- the role of the president, the method of choosing the president, the presence of a bill of rights, etc...
The book was well written and in most parts a joy to read. It left me wanting to read biographies of several of the men involved in creating the Constitution.
Rating: 5
Summary: History In Philadelphia
Comment: Last summer, before attending the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, I read this work to get a perspective on the city's past and present. Although I am a lawyer, I was unaware of all of the compromises and contentions that went into the forming of the US Constitution. Fortunately, the book is not written chronologically. Rather, the authors deal with their topics issue-by-issue: the separation of powers, the role of the House and the Senate, etc. This provides an even, uninterrupted flow to the narrative. It also helped in December when I reread the sections on the electoral college. Anyone interested in the framers' intent during last year's political circus should buy this book.
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Title: Miracle At Philadelphia : The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787 by Catherine Drinker Bowen ISBN: 0316103985 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 30 September, 1986 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution by James M. McPherson ISBN: 0195076060 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: May, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Red, White, and Black: The Peoples of Early North America (4th Edition) by Gary B. Nash ISBN: 0139567569 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 14 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.00 |
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Title: The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89 (The Chicago History of American Civilization) by Edmund Sears Morgan, Daniel J. Boorstin ISBN: 0226537579 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: February, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution by Carol Berkin ISBN: 0151009481 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 13 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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