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The Fate of the Revolution: Virginians Debate the Constitution
Lorri Glover
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Description for The Fate of the Revolution: Virginians Debate the Constitution
Hardback. This engaging book harnesses the uncertainty and excitement of the Constitutional debates to show readers the clear departure the Constitution marked, the powerful reasons people had to view it warily, and the persuasive claims that Madison and his allies finally made with success. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
In May 1788, the roads into Richmond overflowed with horses and stagecoaches. From every county, specially elected representatives made their way to the capital city for the Virginia Ratification Convention. Together, these delegates-zealous advocates selected by Virginia's deadlocked citizens-would decide to accept or reject the highly controversial United States Constitution, thus determining the fate of the American Republic. The rest of the country kept an anxious vigil, keenly aware that without the endorsement of Virginia-its largest and most populous state-the Constitution was doomed. In The Fate of the Revolution, Lorri Glover explains why Virginia's wrangling over ratification led ... Read more
In May 1788, the roads into Richmond overflowed with horses and stagecoaches. From every county, specially elected representatives made their way to the capital city for the Virginia Ratification Convention. Together, these delegates-zealous advocates selected by Virginia's deadlocked citizens-would decide to accept or reject the highly controversial United States Constitution, thus determining the fate of the American Republic. The rest of the country kept an anxious vigil, keenly aware that without the endorsement of Virginia-its largest and most populous state-the Constitution was doomed. In The Fate of the Revolution, Lorri Glover explains why Virginia's wrangling over ratification led ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Witness to History
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421420011
SKU
V9781421420011
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About Lorri Glover
Lorri Glover is the John Francis Bannon Endowed Chair in the Department of History at Saint Louis University. She is the author of Founders as Fathers: The Private Lives and Politics of the American Revolutionaries.
Reviews for The Fate of the Revolution: Virginians Debate the Constitution
... This work provides a fresh and informative account, despite slighting portions of the story. Recommended. All academic levels/libraries. Choice Readers unfamiliar with the basic outline of the arguments in Richmond will understand them clearly after reading Glover's text. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography