An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States - Hardcover
Examines the Constitution's safeguards for major colonial economic interests including economic influence on delegate election and state ratification
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Charles A. Beard (1874-1948) taught at Columbia University and then resigned to become a founder of The New School for Social Research.
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"Here again is the original constitutional skeptic to remind Americans that our republic's authors had not only intellects but interests. Charles Beard set out to jolt his contemporaries out of their pious admiration of the constitution's framers. His economic interpretation remains a lively, surprisingly humorous and sharp-witted analysis of the nation's beginnings. Reading it today, the book aims a keen and pointed thrust at the originalism of our own age." (Professor Eric Rauchway, University of California Davis Department of History)
"One hundred years after it first appeared, Charles Beard's An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution still commands our attention as a classic of historical scholarship -- not because every view Beard put forward has stood the test of time but because the questions he raised about the intersections of economic and political power are just as relevant today as when he wrote." (Professor Eric Foner, Columbia University Department of History)
"This is the book that started us all on the journey to understanding the complex motives and conflicting interests that shaped our constitution. 100 years after its publication, it still has the power to excite and exasperate, to stir fierce debate and to inspire new interpretations." (Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History, Emerita, Baruch College & The Graduate Center, CUNY)
"One hundred years after it first appeared, Charles Beard's An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution still commands our attention as a classic of historical scholarship -- not because every view Beard put forward has stood the test of time but because the questions he raised about the intersections of economic and political power are just as relevant today as when he wrote." (Professor Eric Foner, Columbia University Department of History)
"This is the book that started us all on the journey to understanding the complex motives and conflicting interests that shaped our constitution. 100 years after its publication, it still has the power to excite and exasperate, to stir fierce debate and to inspire new interpretations." (Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History, Emerita, Baruch College & The Graduate Center, CUNY)
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- PublisherFree Pr
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0029024706
- ISBN 13 9780029024706
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages330
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The Free Press: A Division of Macmillan, Inc., New York and London
(1986)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Clean and tight and square. Sharp corners. Appears unread. Label on the first page. Name on the inside of the front cover. Dark brown boards with gold lettering on the front and on the spine. No dust jacket. Originally published in 1913 and 1935 by Macmillan. Copyright renewed in 1941 by Charles A. Beard. Copyright renewed in 1963 by William Beard and Miriam Beard Vagts. New introduction copyright 1986 by The Free Press, A Division of Macmillan, Inc. First Prrinting thus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Economics. Seller Inventory # 049253
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