Maier, Pauline  , 1938- <br/><br/>
Ratification  : the people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 
/ Pauline Maier 
 - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. 
 - New York  : Simon & Schuster  , 2010. 
 - xvi, 589 p., [16] p. of plates  : ill., maps  ; 25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-559) and index. 
<br/><br/>The morning after -- "Take this or nothing" -- A war of printed words : the national debate begins -- The Pennsylvania ratifying convention-- with Delaware, New Jersey, and Georgia -- "We the people" of Connecticut and Massachusetts -- The Massachusetts Convention I : the "conversation" begins -- The Massachusetts Convention II : "--with cordiality" -- A rough road to Richmond : New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maryland, and South Carolina -- The Virginia Convention I : a battle of giants -- The Virginia Convention II : under the eyes of heaven -- On to Poughkeepsie -- The New York Convention I : a failure of oratory -- The New York Convention II : in or out? -- Some final twists : the North Carolina Convention, a meeting in Pennsylvania, and the ratification story draws to an end. 
<br/><br/> The dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780684868547 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010027709 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States . Constitution 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Constitutional history----United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF4541  / .M278 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>342.029 MAI