Ebook: A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution
Author: Carol Berkin
- Tags: United States, Constitutional Convention, (1787), United States, Constitution, Signers, Constitution (United States), United States, Politics and government, 1783-1789, Statesmen, United States, History, 18th century, Constitutional history, United States, Constitutional history, Politics and government, Statesmen, United States
- Year: 2003
- Publisher: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
- City: Princeton, N.J., United States, United States
- Language: English
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In 1787, a group of lawyers and politicians, some famous and others just ordinary men, journeyed to Philadelphia, determined to create a more stable framework of government, hoping that it would last long enough to bring an end to the crisis. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention had no great expectations for the document they were fashioning. But somehow, in the amalgam of ideas, argument, and compromise, a Read more...
Abstract: In 1787, a group of lawyers and politicians, some famous and others just ordinary men, journeyed to Philadelphia, determined to create a more stable framework of government, hoping that it would last long enough to bring an end to the crisis. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention had no great expectations for the document they were fashioning. But somehow, in the amalgam of ideas, argument, and compromise, a great thing happened: A constitution and a form of government were created that have served us well. Revealing that the story of that ... summer in Philadelphia is more complicated and much more interesting than we have imagined, [the author] makes you feel as if you were there, listening to the arguments, getting to know the framers, and appreciating the difficult and critical decisions being made. Using history as a kind of time travel, [the author] takes the reader into the hearts and minds of the founders, explaining their mind-sets, their fears, and their very limited expectations.-Dust jacket