Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 by Pauline Maier (En

Description: Ratification by Pauline Maier The document we revere today as the foundation of our countrys laws and legal system was hotly disputed at the time. In this splendid new history, Maier tells the dramatic story of the yearlong battle. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The defining book of the American Revolution era and a winner of the George Washington Book Award, Ratification chronicles the pivotal moments and key figures in transforming the US Constitution from an idea into a transformational document and the Constitutional Convention into a working government. When the delegates left the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in September 1787, the new Constitution they had written was no more than a proposal. Elected conventions in at least nine of the thirteen states would have to ratify it before it could take effect. There was reason to doubt whether that would happen. The document we revere today as the foundation of our countrys laws, the cornerstone of our legal system, was hotly disputed at the time. Some Americans denounced the Constitution for threatening the liberty that Americans had won at great cost in the Revolutionary War. One group of fiercely patriotic opponents even burned the document in a raucous public demonstration on the Fourth of July. In this splendid new history, Pauline Maier tells the dramatic story of the yearlong battle over ratification that brought such famous founders as Washington, Hamilton, Madison, Jay, and Henry together with less well-known Americans who sometimes eloquently and always passionately expressed their hopes and fears for their new country. Men argued in taverns and coffeehouses; women joined the debate in their parlors; broadsides and newspaper stories advocated various points of view and excoriated others. In small towns and counties across the country people read the document carefully and knew it well. Americans seized the opportunity to play a role in shaping the new nation. Then the ratifying conventions chosen by "We the People" scrutinized and debated the Constitution clause by clause. Although many books have been written about the Constitutional Convention, this is the first major history of ratification. It draws on a vast new collection of documents and tells the story with masterful attention to detail in a dynamic narrative. Each states experience was different, and Maier gives each its due even as she focuses on the four critical states of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, and New York, whose approval of the Constitution was crucial to its success. The New Yorker Gilbert Livingston called his participation in the ratification convention the greatest transaction of his life. The hundreds of delegates to the ratifying conventions took their responsibility seriously, and their careful inspection of the Constitution can tell us much today about a document whose meaning continues to be subject to interpretation. Ratification is the story of the founding drama of our nation, superbly told in a history that transports readers back more than two centuries to reveal the convictions and aspirations on which our country was built. Author Biography Pauline Maier is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History at M.I.T. She received her PhD from Harvard University in 1968. She is the author of several books and textbooks on American history, including From Resistance to Revolution: Colonial Radicals and the Development of American Opposition to Britain, 1765-1776, The Old Revolutionaries: Political Lives in the Age of Samuel Adams, and American Scripture, which was on the New York Times Book Review "Editors Choice" list of the best 11 books of 1997 and a finalist in General Nonfiction for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Review "Ratification is a gripping and eye-opening read. Maier is a member of that rare breed of historians who write vividly and with a flair for depicting dramatic events." --The Wall Street Journal"Delightful and engrossing." --Richard Brookhiser, The New York Times Book Review "Magisterial . . . it is unlikely that anyone will duplicate what Maier has done." --Gordon Wood, The New Republic Review Quote "With the confidence of a master, Pauline Maier has told the story of the ratification of the Constitution in a book that will endure for decades." --Joyce Appleby, author of Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans Details ISBN0684868555 Author Pauline Maier Short Title RATIFICATION Publisher Simon & Schuster Language English ISBN-10 0684868555 ISBN-13 9780684868554 Media Book Format Paperback Residence Cambridge, MA, US Birth 1938 Affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-06-07 Subtitle The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 Imprint Simon & Schuster Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2011-06-07 NZ Release Date 2011-06-07 US Release Date 2011-06-07 UK Release Date 2011-06-07 Pages 608 DEWEY 342.73029 Illustrations Plates, black and white; Maps Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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