| Description |
1 online resource (345 unnumbered pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Delegates by state -- Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 -- Dictionary of key terms -- Questions about the delegates. |
| Summary |
Few events in the history of the United States were of greater consequence than the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Although most histories have focused on the issues and compromises that dominated the debates, the exchanges were also shaped by the dynamic personalities of the fifty-five delegates who attended from twelve of the thirteen states. In The Men Who Made the Constitution, constitutional scholar John R. Vile explores the lives and contributions of all delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, including those who left before the Convention ended and those who stayed until the last day but refused to sign. Each biography records the delegate's birth, education, previous positions or public service roles, homes, family life, life after the Convention, death, and resting place. Drawing directly from Convention debates and a vast array of secondary sources, Vile covers the positions of each delegate at the Convention on both major and minor issues and describes his service on committees and afterward at state ratification conventions. The Men Who Made the Constitution includes a bibliography of key sources, engravings of delegates for whom portraits were created, a quiz on key facts, and a transcript of the Constitution of the United States. This work is the perfect reference for students and scholars, as well as professional and amateur historians, of colonial and early American history, constitutional law, and American jurisprudence. -- Back cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Constitution -- Signers -- Biography.
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United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
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United States. Constitutional Convention. |
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Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787) |
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Constitution (United States) |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.
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United States. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1783-1789 |
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Constitutional history -- United States.
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Constitutional conventions -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Constitutional history. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Founding Fathers of the United States -- Biography.
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Founding Fathers of the United States. |
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Constitutional conventions. |
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History. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vile, John R. Men who made the Constitution 9780810888647 (DLC) 2013014081 (OCoLC)841228094 |
| ISBN |
9780810888654 (electronic book) |
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0810888653 (electronic book) |
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9780810888647 |
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0810888645 |
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