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The Framers Coup
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Author : Michael J. Klarman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-16
The Framers Coup written by Michael J. Klarman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-16 with History categories.
Americans revere their Constitution. However, most of us are unaware how tumultuous and improbable the drafting and ratification processes were. As Benjamin Franklin keenly observed, any assembly of men bring with them "all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views." One need not deny that the Framers had good intentions in order to believe that they also had interests. Based on prodigious research and told largely through the voices of the participants, Michael Klarman's The Framers' Coup narrates how the Framers' clashing interests shaped the Constitution--and American history itself. The Philadelphia convention could easily have been a failure, and the risk of collapse was always present. Had the convention dissolved, any number of adverse outcomes could have resulted, including civil war or a reversion to monarchy. Not only does Klarman capture the knife's-edge atmosphere of the convention, he populates his narrative with riveting and colorful stories: the rebellion of debtor farmers in Massachusetts; George Washington's uncertainty about whether to attend; Gunning Bedford's threat to turn to a European prince if the small states were denied equal representation in the Senate; slave staters' threats to take their marbles and go home if denied representation for their slaves; Hamilton's quasi-monarchist speech to the convention; and Patrick Henry's herculean efforts to defeat the Constitution in Virginia through demagoguery and conspiracy theories. The Framers' Coup is more than a compendium of great stories, however, and the powerful arguments that feature throughout will reshape our understanding of the nation's founding. Simply put, the Constitutional Convention almost didn't happen, and once it happened, it almost failed. And, even after the convention succeeded, the Constitution it produced almost failed to be ratified. Just as importantly, the Constitution was hardly the product of philosophical reflections by brilliant, disinterested statesmen, but rather ordinary interest group politics. Multiple conflicting interests had a say, from creditors and debtors to city dwellers and backwoodsmen. The upper class overwhelmingly supported the Constitution; many working class colonists were more dubious. Slave states and nonslave states had different perspectives on how well the Constitution served their interests. Ultimately, both the Constitution's content and its ratification process raise troubling questions about democratic legitimacy. The Federalists were eager to avoid full-fledged democratic deliberation over the Constitution, and the document that was ratified was stacked in favor of their preferences. And in terms of substance, the Constitution was a significant departure from the more democratic state constitutions of the 1770s. Definitive and authoritative, The Framers' Coup explains why the Framers preferred such a constitution and how they managed to persuade the country to adopt it. We have lived with the consequences, both positive and negative, ever since.
The Framers Coup
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Author : Michael J. Klarman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
The Framers Coup written by Michael J. Klarman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
Flaws in the Articles of Confederation -- Economic turmoil in the states and the road to Philadelphia -- The Constitutional Convention -- Slavery and the Constitutional Constitution -- Critics of the Constitution: the Antifederalists -- The ratifying contest -- The Bill of Rights -- Conclusion
Constitutional Coup
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Author : Jon D. Michaels
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2017-10-23
Constitutional Coup written by Jon D. Michaels and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-23 with History categories.
Americans hate bureaucracy—though they love the services it provides—and demand that government run like a business. Hence today’s privatization revolution. Jon Michaels shows how the fusion of politics and profits commercializes government and consolidates state power in ways the Constitution’s framers endeavored to disaggregate.
Framers
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Author : Kenneth Cukier
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2021-05-13
Framers written by Kenneth Cukier and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-13 with Business & Economics categories.
A Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year 'Wonderfully stimulating... will teach you to see around corners' - TIM HARFORD 'A paean to cognitive agility and the elasticity of the imagination' - ECOMOMIST 'Captivating... will transform the way you think' MARISSA KING, PROFESSOR AT YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT The power of mental models to make better decisions We're often told that humans make bad decisions and that more data is better. But this is backwards: people are good at decisions precisely because we use mental models and can envision new realities outside of data. Great outcomes don't depend so much on the final moment of choosing but on generating better alternatives to choose between. That's framing. It's a cognitive muscle we can strengthen to improve our lives, work and future -- to meet this historical moment. Framers shows how.
1787
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Author : Clinton Rossiter
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Release Date : 1987
1787 written by Clinton Rossiter and has been published by W. W. Norton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
If You Were There When They Signed The Constitution
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Author : Elizabeth Levy
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Release Date : 1992
If You Were There When They Signed The Constitution written by Elizabeth Levy and has been published by Scholastic Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This behind-the-scenes study of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 details the events of the convention, the debate over constitutional issues, and the delegates
A Guide To The United States Constitution
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Author : Erin Ackerman
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Release Date : 2018-10-05
A Guide To The United States Constitution written by Erin Ackerman and has been published by W. W. Norton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-05 with Law categories.
Expertly guides readers through the Constitution and its twenty-seven amendments
Democracy Under Fire
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Author : Lawrence R. Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-03
Democracy Under Fire written by Lawrence R. Jacobs and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03 with Political Science categories.
How did democracy become so vulnerable in America? Donald Trump is a shrill warning of the political system's fragility, but he alone is not the problem. The vulnerability is broader and deeper - and looms still. Even before Trump ran for president, his disdain for the rules and norms of democracy and the US Constitution was well-known by many prominent Republicans who were unable to stop his nomination. Trump's presidency is the culmination of a series of political decisions since the late 18th century that ceded party nominations to small cliques of ideologues. 'Democracy Under Fire' provides a readable, if disturbing, history of American democracy and proposes recommendations to restore it.
We Are Not One People
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Author : Michael J. Lee
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022
We Are Not One People written by Michael J. Lee and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with National characteristics, American categories.
Bands, bonds, and affections -- Secession all the way down : libertarians opt out -- "A slave republic" : secession and southern slavery -- White devils and Black separatists -- "Dykes first" : lesbian separatism in America -- Exodus as secession : achieving God's terrestrial kingdom.
Constitutional Coup
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Author : Jon D. Michaels
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2017-10-23
Constitutional Coup written by Jon D. Michaels and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-23 with Law categories.
Americans hate bureaucracy—though they love the services it provides—and demand that government run like a business. Hence today’s privatization revolution. Jon Michaels shows how the fusion of politics and profits commercializes government and consolidates state power in ways the Constitution’s framers endeavored to disaggregate.