Creating the Constitution: The Convention of 1787 and the First Congress

By Thornton Anderson

Book Overview

Creating the Constitution presents a different interpretation of the Convention and the First Congress, derived largely from a close reading of Farrand's Records and the Annals of Congress. Among its special features are a critical perspective on the Framers, an examination of Court Whig influence on the Federalists, the identification of a third group--the state Federalists--between the nationalists and states' righters, and a view of the First Congress as distorting the aims of the Convention.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271009209
• ISBN13: 9780271009209
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"