Unruly Americans and the origins of the Constitution
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Published
New York : Hill and Wang, 2007., New York : Hill and Wang, 2007.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 370 pages ; 24 cm.
Status
Kent Denver Upper School - NONFICTION
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Published
New York : Hill and Wang, 2007., New York : Hill and Wang, 2007.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
UPC
9780809080618 :
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-353) and index.
Description
Woody Holton upends what we think we know of the Constitutions origins by telling the history of the average Americans who challenged the framers of the Constitution and forced on them the revisions that produced the document we now venerate. The framers who gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 were determined to reverse Americas post-Revolutionary War slide into democracy. They believed too many middling Americans exercised too much influence over state and national policies. That the framers were only partially successful in curtailing citizen rights is due to the reaction, sometimes violent, of unruly average Americans. If not to protect civil liberties and the freedom of the people, what motivated the framers? In Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution, Holton provides the startling discovery that the primary purpose of the Constitution was, simply put, to make America more attractive to investment. And the linchpin to that endeavor was taking power away from the states and ultimately away from the people. In an eye-opening interpretation of the Constitution, Holton captures how the same class of Americans that produced Shayss Rebellion in Massachusetts (and rebellions in damn near every other state) produced the Constitution we now revere--Publisher's description
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Holton, W. (2007). Unruly Americans and the origins of the Constitution (First edition.). Hill and Wang.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Holton, Woody. 2007. Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution. Hill and Wang.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Holton, Woody. Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution Hill and Wang, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Holton, Woody. Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution First edition., Hill and Wang, 2007.
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