Beyond “The Federalist”: The Debate over the Constitution Considered in Historical Depth
ABSTRACT
The conference examined the foundations of the Constitution using primary materials that included portions of the debates at the Philadelphia Convention and a number of the state ratification conventions, public addresses, pamphlets, and private correspondence by advocates both for and against the proposed document.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
Farrand, Max, eds. The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Volume II, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966.http://teachingamericanhistory.org (accessed ).
Farrand, Max, eds. The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Volume I, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966.http://teachingamericanhistory.org (accessed October 23, 2009).
Bailyn, Bernard, eds. The Debate on the Constitution, Part One. New York: The Library of America, 1993.
Bailyn, Bernard, eds. The Debate on the Constitution, Part Two. New York: The Library of America, 1993.
Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay. The Federalist: The Gideon Edition. Edited by George W. Carey and James McClellan. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2001.