Description: Original Compromise : What the Constitution's Framers Were Really Thinking, Hardcover by Robertson, David Brian, ISBN 0199796297, ISBN-13 9780199796298, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The eighty-five famous essays by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay--known collectively as the Federalist Papers--comprise the lens through which we typically view the ideas behind the . Constitution. But we are wrong to do so, writes David Brian Robertson, if we really want to know what the
Founders were thinking.
In this provocative new account of the framing of the Constitution, Robertson observes that the Federalist Papers represented only one side in a fierce argument that was settled by compromise--in fact, multiple compromises. Drawing on numerous primary sources, Robertson unravels the highly political
dynamics that shaped the document. Hamilton and Madison, who hailed from two of the larger states, pursued an ambitious vision of a robust government with broad power. Leaders from smaller states envisioned only a few added powers, sufficient to correct the disastrous weakness of the Articles of
Confederation, but not so strong as to threaten the governing systems within their own states. The two sides battled for three arduous months; the Constitution emerged piece by piece, the product of an evolving web of agreements. Robertson examines each contentious debate, including arguments over
the balance between the federal government and the states, slavery, war and peace, and much more. In nearly every case, a fractious, piecemeal, and very political process prevailed. In this way, the convention produced a government of separate institutions, each with the will and ability to defend
its independence. Majorities would rule, but the Constitution made it very difficult to assemble majorities large enough to let the government act.
Brilliantly argued and deeply researched, this book will change the way we think of "original intent." With a bracing willingness to challenge old pieties, Robertson rescues the political realities that created the government we know today.
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Book Title: Original Compromise : What the Constitution's Framers Were Really
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Original Compromise : What the Constitution's Framers Were Really Thinking
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Constitutions, General, American Government / General
Item Height: 1.2 in
Item Weight: 45 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Item Length: 6.4 in
Author: David Brian Robertson
Item Width: 9.3 in
Format: Hardcover
