The Bill of Rights and the States: The Colonial and Revolutionary Origins of American Liberties

Conley, Patrick T.; Kaminski, John P. (editors)

ISBN 10: 0945612265 / ISBN 13: 9780945612261

Published by Madison House, Madison, Wisconsin, 1992

About this Item

Blue cloth with gold-color lettering on spine, xxiii, 542 pp., over 60 illustations consisting of portraits, broadsides and maps, illustrated jacket protected by Brodart cover. Light wear but slightly shelf-cocked; sound structure overall, no owner names or gift notes, clean text, tight binding, nice jacket. Fourteen individual state essays elucidates the complexities of local and regional interests that shaped the debate over individual rights and the eventual ratification of the Bill of Rights.

Seller Inventory # 024366

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bill of Rights and the States: The Colonial and Revolutionary Origins of American Liberties
• Publisher: Madison House, Madison, Wisconsin
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0945612265
• ISBN 13: 9780945612261
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Stated First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law

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Synopsis

Fourteen individual state essays elucidate the complexitites of local and regional interests that shaped the debate over individual rights and the eventual adoption of the Bill of Rights.

About the Author

Patrick T. Conley is professor of history at Providence College and has authored many books on the Constitution and Rhode Island history including Democracy in Decline, Rhode Island's Constitutional Development, 1776-1841. John P. Kaminski is the director of The Center for the Study of the American Constitution at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has written and spoken widely on early American history and the Constitution. He is a former president of The Association for Documentary Editing.