Unruly Americans and the origins of the Constitution

Unruly Americans and the origins of the Constitution / Woody Holton.

Author/creator	Holton, Woody
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Hill and Wang, 2007.
Description	xi, 370 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Constitutional history--United States.

Contents	Bricks without straw : grievances -- The fault is all your own : rebuttals -- To relieve the distressed : demands -- Save the people : requisition -- Who will call this justice? : quarrels -- Idle drones: economics -- The fate of republican govt : redemption -- A revolution which ought to be glorious : disenchantment -- A murmuring underneath : rebellion -- Excess of democracy? : reform -- The house on fire : credit -- Divide et impera : statecraft -- More adequate to the purposes : revenue -- Take up the reins : ratification -- More productive and less oppressive : taxes -- As if impounded : consolidation.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-353) and index.
LCCN	2007004931
ISBN	9780809080618 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0809080613 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	KF 4541 .H58 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold