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Author Anderson, Thornton, 1915-1997, author

Title Creating the Constitution : the Convention of 1787 and the First Congress / Thornton Anderson.

Publication Info. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [1993]
©1993

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  342.7302 A551C    Check Shelf
Description xv, 256 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-250) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction. An Approach Through Ideas. A Convention to Regain Unity? A Secret Convention. Ratification and Implementation. A New and Unexpected Form of Federalism -- 2. Ideas from England. England's Ambivalent Medieval Heritage. England's Second Revolution. From Limited to Unlimited Power. The Country Opposition. English Ambivalence Imported -- 3. Political Motivations. The Problems as the Nationalists Saw Them. The Virginia Plan. The State Federalists. The Powers of Government. Restricting State Power. The General Result -- 4. Economic Motivations. The Role of Wealth in the Government. The Influence of Government on Wealth -- 5. An Anti-Democratic Convention? The House of Representatives. The Senate. The Executive. The Council of Revision and the Veto. Legislators' Eligibility for Executive Offices. The Judiciary. The Amending Article. The Mode of Ratification. Why an Anti-Democratic Bias? The General Result -- 6. The Convention Congress. Ratification. Amendments. The Nationalists in Control.
The Ambiguity of the Senate. The Removal Power. Assumption of State Debts. The Bank. The Implications -- Appendix A State-Federalist Voting in the Philadelphia Convention -- Appendix B The First Senate -- Appendix C The First House.
Subject Constitutional history -- United States.
Federal government -- United States -- History.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.
Constitutional conventions -- United States -- History.
United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
United States. Congress (1st : 1789-1791)
ISBN 0271009136 cloth alkaline paper $28.50
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