LEADER 02875nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910814252403321 005 20240516205826.0 010 $a1-282-16658-1 010 $a9786613809650 010 $a1-4422-1770-7 035 $a(CKB)2560000000090256 035 $a(EBL)979603 035 $a(OCoLC)828490205 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000722161 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12296936 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000722161 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10693636 035 $a(PQKB)11460086 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL979603 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10583743 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL380965 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC979603 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000090256 100 $a20120402d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe writing and ratification of the U.S. Constitution $epractical virtue in action /$fJohn R. Vile 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham, Md. $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (293 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-1769-3 311 $a1-4422-1768-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; PREFACE; TIMELINE OF EVENTS; Chapter 01. REVOLUTION AND ITS AFTERMATH; Chapter 02. THE CONVENTION BEGINS AND RANDOLPH INTRODUCES THE VIRGINIA PLAN; Chapter 03. PATERSON AND HAMILTON OFFER ALTERNATIVE PLANS; Chapter 04. DELEGATES DEBATE REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS; Chapter 05. FROM THE GREAT COMPROMISE TO THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL; Chapter 06. DEBATES OVER THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL; Chapter 07. WRAPPING UP BUSINESS, SIGNING, AND RATIFYING; SELECTED DOCUMENTS; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aThe writing of the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention that met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 was, along with the subsequent ratification of the document in state conventions, a major watershed in U.S. history. An understanding of the plans that were offered, the conflicts that were represented, and the arguments that were made are critical to an understanding of many features of the document that was ratified in 1789 as well as in understanding the Bill of Rights that was adopted in 1791. In The Writing and Ratification of the U.S. Constitution: Practical Virtue in Action, J 517 1 $aWriting and ratification of the United States Constitution 606 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aConstitutional law$xHistory. 676 $a342.7302/9 700 $aVile$b John R$01156619 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814252403321 996 $aThe writing and ratification of the U.S. Constitution$94111997 997 $aUNINA