Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention

By Mary Sarah Bilder

Book Overview

No document depicts the Constitutional Convention's charismatic figures, crushing disappointments, and miraculous triumphs with the force of Madison's Notes. But how reliable is this account? Drawing on digital technologies and textual analysis, Mary Sarah Bilder reveals that Madison revised to a far greater extent than previously recognized.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674055276
• ISBN13: 9780674055278
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"