For the newly United States under the Constitution, the central question during the 1790s was whether the centre would hold. The essays in this volume explore some of the potentially divisive realities that characterised the Federalist Era.
For the newly United States under the Constitution, the central question during the 1790s was whether the centre would hold. The essays in this volume...
As Scholars Have Long Recognized, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution - the Bill of Rights - resulted from the political negotiations that transpired in the various state ratifying conventions called to approve or reject the draft produced by the 1787 Constitutional Convention. The tenacious opposition that had marked many of the convention's deliberations quickly carried over into the states where Antifederalists, convinced that the proposed new form of government posed insidious dangers to the people and the states, insisted that its powers be sharply proscribed. The...
As Scholars Have Long Recognized, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution - the Bill of Rights - resulted from the political negoti...
This volume in the series explores how the architecture of the Capitol is imbued with the political culture of its time. These essays emanate from the symposium held by the society to commemorate the bicentennial of the laying of the cornerstone of the United States Capitol.
This volume in the series explores how the architecture of the Capitol is imbued with the political culture of its time. These essays emanate from the...
