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What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans? (Historians at Work)

What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans? (Historians at Work)

Edward Countryman
3.2/5 ( ratings)
What did the Constitution mean to early Americans? Ostensibly the foundational document of a sovereign American people, the U.S. Constitution affected different kinds of Americans in very different ways. Modern historians have investigated its impact on various groups in an effort to determine what the Constitution meant to the founding generation of Americans. Exploring how early Americans shaped, responded to, and debated the document, this volume's 5 selections attempt to gauge the Constitution's ultimate success in forging a government based on the consent of the American people.
Language
English
Pages
169
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bedford Books
Release
January 01, 1999
ISBN
0312182627
ISBN 13
9780312182625

What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans? (Historians at Work)

Edward Countryman
3.2/5 ( ratings)
What did the Constitution mean to early Americans? Ostensibly the foundational document of a sovereign American people, the U.S. Constitution affected different kinds of Americans in very different ways. Modern historians have investigated its impact on various groups in an effort to determine what the Constitution meant to the founding generation of Americans. Exploring how early Americans shaped, responded to, and debated the document, this volume's 5 selections attempt to gauge the Constitution's ultimate success in forging a government based on the consent of the American people.
Language
English
Pages
169
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bedford Books
Release
January 01, 1999
ISBN
0312182627
ISBN 13
9780312182625

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