Beyond confederation origins of the constitution and American national identity /
edited by Richard Beeman, Stephen Botein, and Edward C. Carter II.
- Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, (c)1987.
- 1 online resource (x, 366 pages)
- Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia .
"Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia." Chiefly comprised of papers presented at a conference in Philadelphia, Oct. 1984.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Ideologies -- -- The American Constitution: a revolutionary interpretation / The Constitution of the thinking revolutionary / Interests and disinterestedness in the making of the Constitution / Issues -- -- Shay's Rebellion and the ratification of the federal Constitution in Massachusetts / Money, credit, and Federalist political economy / The practical sphere of a republic: James Madison, the Constitutional Conventions, and the emergence of revolutionary federalism / Slavery and the Constitutional Convention: making a covenant with death / James Madison and visions of American nationality in the confederation period: a regional perspective / Aftermath -- -- The structure of politics at the accession of George Washington / The persistence of antifederalism after 1789 / Religious dimensions of the early America state / A roof without walls: the dilemma of American national identity / Stanley N. Katz -- Ralph Lerner -- Gordon S. Wood -- Richard D. Brown -- Janet A. Riesman -- Lance Banning -- Paul Finkelman -- Drew R. McCoy -- Jack N. Rakove -- Richard E. Ellis -- Stephen Botein -- John M. Murrin.
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