| Titre : |
Decision in Philadelphia : the Constitutional Convention of 1787 |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Christopher Collier (1930-....), Auteur ; James Lincoln Collier (1930-....), Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Pleasantville (New York) [États-Unis] : Reader's Digest Press |
| Année de publication : |
1986 |
| Importance : |
XVI-331 p. |
| Format : |
24 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-394-52346-0 |
| Note générale : |
Bibliogr. p. 307-322. Index |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
États-Unis ; États-Unis -- Histoire constitutionnelle
|
| Index. décimale : |
342.7 |
| Note de contenu : |
"Our case may become desperate": Nation in jeopardy -- America in 1787 -- Mind of James Madison -- Unbelievable George Washington -- Madison plans a government -- Alexander Hamilton and the British model -- Puzzle of Charles Pinckney -- Men, manners, and rules: the convention begins -- Large states and the small: Roger Sherman and the art of compromise -- William Paterson picks a fight -- Battle joined -- Luther Martin and a lost opportunity -- "Most serious and threatening excitement" -- North and south: New alliance -- Western lands -- Another trade-off -- Question of power: Balancing act -- Curing the Republican disease -- James Wilson, democratic nationalist -- In the shadow of Washington -- Elbridge Gerry's war against the army -- George Mason and the rights of man -- "Most remarkable work" |
Decision in Philadelphia : the Constitutional Convention of 1787 [texte imprimé] / Christopher Collier (1930-....), Auteur ; James Lincoln Collier (1930-....), Auteur . - Pleasantville (New York) (États-Unis) : Reader's Digest Press, 1986 . - XVI-331 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN : 978-0-394-52346-0 Bibliogr. p. 307-322. Index Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
États-Unis ; États-Unis -- Histoire constitutionnelle
|
| Index. décimale : |
342.7 |
| Note de contenu : |
"Our case may become desperate": Nation in jeopardy -- America in 1787 -- Mind of James Madison -- Unbelievable George Washington -- Madison plans a government -- Alexander Hamilton and the British model -- Puzzle of Charles Pinckney -- Men, manners, and rules: the convention begins -- Large states and the small: Roger Sherman and the art of compromise -- William Paterson picks a fight -- Battle joined -- Luther Martin and a lost opportunity -- "Most serious and threatening excitement" -- North and south: New alliance -- Western lands -- Another trade-off -- Question of power: Balancing act -- Curing the Republican disease -- James Wilson, democratic nationalist -- In the shadow of Washington -- Elbridge Gerry's war against the army -- George Mason and the rights of man -- "Most remarkable work" |
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