Essays on the Making of the Constitution

by Leonard W. Levy

Book Overview

Historians have engaged in a prolonged debate, that perhaps defies resolution, over the making of the Constitution. Were the framers enlightened, disinterested statesmen seeking to rescue a nation then drifting dangerously toward anarchy? Were they conspiratorial representatives of a risingfinancial and industrial capitalism? Was the Constitution primarily an economic or a political document? This collection of essays, by such renowned scholars as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195009541
• ISBN13: 9780195009545
• Release Date: March 1969
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.