Literature of revolution -- Sources and traditions -- Power and liberty: a theory of politics -- Logic of rebellion: Note on conspiracy -- Transportation: Representation and consent -- Constitution and rights -- Sovereignty -- Contagion of liberty -- Slavery -- Establishment of religion -- Democracy unleashed -- "Whether some degrees of respect be not always due from inferiors to superiors -- Postscript, Fulfillment : a commentary of the constitution -- Index
Summary
In this book, Bailyn discusses the intense, nation-wide debate on the ratification of the constitution, stressing the continuities between that struggle over the foundations of national government and the original principles of the revolution
Analysis
Politics History, 1775-1789
United States
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
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