Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention Of 1787 by Christopher Collier, James Lincoln Collier
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(Mass Market Paperback - REISSUE)
- Pub. Date: May 1987
- 448pp
- Sales Rank: 72,816
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: May 1987
- Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 448pp
- Sales Rank: 72,816
- ISBN-13: 9780345346520
- ISBN: 0345346521
- Edition Description: REISSUE
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Includes a complete copy of the Constitution.
Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. "The best popular history of the Constitutional Convention available."--Library Journal
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Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to create a document that would create a country and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. "A good-spirited, lucid, vigorous book!"--St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Library Journal
The advent of the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution in 1987 calls for a new treatment of the Philadelphia Con vention, one which is written for the general public and informed by recent scholarship. Decision in Philadelphia is just such a book. It is the best popular history of the Constitutional Conven tion available. This clear and well-writ ten volume traces the major issues in volved, dismissing sectional, economic, or class interests as domi nant factors and concentrating instead on the ``deeply rooted attitudes'' and ``emotions'' of individual members. Modern readers will find the authors' comments on the Constitution particu larly interesting, casting many of the Founding Fathers in a new light. Highly recommended for public and academic libraries. Roy H. Tryon, Delaware State Archives, Dover
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A Must Read for Every Americanby Tipton
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March 17, 2009: Decision in Philadelphia presents the story of the founding fathers, a brilliant but very human group of men, as they grapple with forming a government unlike any other in the history of the world. Inspired by high ideals, they must create a constitution for the newly independent United States and reach compromises acceptable to a variety of political agendas which sometimes conflict.
It is written in an intriguing, enlightened and interesting manner.The authors present a vital chapter in American history that is awe-inspiring and can remind every American of the principals on which the country was founded. A must lesson in civics!Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787by Anonymous
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October 01, 2004: Nice analysis of the personalities and ideologies involved in the writing of the Constitution. Chapters 1 and 2 give a good introduction to the problems of the Articles of Confederation and what life was like in 1787 America. Overall, it would make an excellent supplement for an AP US Government class. Certain chapters would work equally well in an AP US History. Just the right reading level for advanced high school students.
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