Righteous anger at the wicked states : the meaning of the founders' constitution
Johnson, Calvin H.
Righteous anger at the wicked states : the meaning of the founders' constitution - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 - 294 p. ; 23 cm.
Acknowledgments ✰ vii --
Frequently Cited Sources ✰ xi --
Introduction ✰I --
PART ONE. THE NECESSITY OF THE CONSTITUTION --
1. The Rise of the Righteous Anger 15 --
2. Madison's Vision: Requisitions and Rights 40 --
3. The Superiority of the Extended Republic 61 --
4. Shifting the Foundations from the States to the People ✰ 74 --
5. Partial Losses 100 --
6. Anti-Federalism 128 --
7. False Issues: Bill of Rights, Democracy, and Slavery 163 --
PART TWO. LESS CONVINCING FACTORS --
8. The Modest and Mercantile Commerce Clause 189 --
9. Creditors, Territories, and Shaysites✩ 202 --
10. Hamilton's Constitution 223 --
PART THREE. THE SPLIT AND THE --
END OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENT --
11. The Turning of Madison 249 --
12. The End of the Constitutional Movement ✩ 262 --
Concluding Summary ✰ 276 --
Index✩ 279.
9780521757522
United States -- Politics and government -- 1789--1797
Constitution history -- United States
Righteous anger at the wicked states : the meaning of the founders' constitution - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 - 294 p. ; 23 cm.
Acknowledgments ✰ vii --
Frequently Cited Sources ✰ xi --
Introduction ✰I --
PART ONE. THE NECESSITY OF THE CONSTITUTION --
1. The Rise of the Righteous Anger 15 --
2. Madison's Vision: Requisitions and Rights 40 --
3. The Superiority of the Extended Republic 61 --
4. Shifting the Foundations from the States to the People ✰ 74 --
5. Partial Losses 100 --
6. Anti-Federalism 128 --
7. False Issues: Bill of Rights, Democracy, and Slavery 163 --
PART TWO. LESS CONVINCING FACTORS --
8. The Modest and Mercantile Commerce Clause 189 --
9. Creditors, Territories, and Shaysites✩ 202 --
10. Hamilton's Constitution 223 --
PART THREE. THE SPLIT AND THE --
END OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENT --
11. The Turning of Madison 249 --
12. The End of the Constitutional Movement ✩ 262 --
Concluding Summary ✰ 276 --
Index✩ 279.
9780521757522
United States -- Politics and government -- 1789--1797
Constitution history -- United States
