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This book discusses the division, debates, and disagreements that went on during the creation of the constitution.

A comprehensive anthology of original historical documents relating to the legal and historical context of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.

"Historian Michael Kammen presents here, for the first time, the documented history of the evolution of the American Constitution--from the early influential ideas of the state constitutions and The Articles of Confederation to the political writings of The Federalist papers and the dissenting views of the Anti-Federalist papers. Using personal correspondence between Madison, Washington, Jefferson, and others, Kammen re-creates the debates and behind-the-scenes...

Three early American statesmen defend the political principles and ideologies set forth in the Constitution of the United States, in a new edition of the classic, which is accompanied by a selected bibliography, historical glossary, new introduction, and other resource material.

From the Publisher: The fundamental, inalienable rights and privileges set forth in the Bill of Rights represent the very foundations of American liberty. The Complete Bill of Rights is a documentary record of the process by which these rights and privileges were defined and recorded as law. Neil H. Cogan incorporates all pertinent materials from the debate on the ratification of the Bill of Rights. Arranged in chronological order, the work presents...

While the Antifederalists lost the battle against Constitutional ratification, they won the war by getting the Bill of Rights into the Constitution as its first ten amendments. In restraining the national government's power and guaranteeing individual liberties, the Bill of Rights has come to dominate modern U.S. politics and law. Volume 1 features biographies of 140 prominent Antifederalists, including Samuel Adams, George Clinton, Mercy Otis Warren,...