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People in america revere their Constitution. However, most of us are unaware how tumultuous and improbable the drafting and ratification processes were. As Benjamin Franklin keenly observed, any assemblage of men bring with them "all their prejudices, their passions, their problems of thoughts and opinions, their local pursuits and their selfish views." One do not need to refuse that the Framers experienced good intentions to be able to believe they also experienced interests. Predicated on prodigious research and informed mainly through the voices of the members, Michael Klarman's The Framers' Coup narrates how the Framers' clashing pursuits shaped the Constitution - and American background itself. The Philadelphia convention could easily have been a failure, and the chance of collapse was always present. Had the convention dissolved, any number of adverse outcomes can have resulted, including civil warfare or a reversion to monarchy. Not merely does Klarman catch the knife's-edge atmosphere of the convention, he populates his narrative with riveting and vibrant reports: the rebellion of debtor farmers in Massachusetts; George Washington's uncertainty about whether to attend; Gunning Bedford's threat to turn to a European prince if the small states were rejected equivalent representation in the Senate; slave staters' threats to use their marbles and go back home if rejected representation for his or her slaves; Hamilton's quasi-monarchist conversation to the convention; and Patrick Henry's herculean attempts to defeat the Constitution in Virginia through demagoguery and conspiracy theories.

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Publisher	Tantor Audio
Language	English
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DATE	2017-10
Author	Michael J. Klarman

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