1st Edition
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States
By Charles Beard
Copyright 1998
364 Pages
by
Routledge
364 Pages
by
Routledge
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In his piercing introduction to An Economic Interpretation the author wrote that 'whoever leaves economic pressures out of history or out of discussion of public questions is in mortal peril of substituting mythology for reality.' It was Beard's view that the founding fathers, especially Madison, Jay, and Hamilton, never made such a miscalculation. Indeed, these statesmen placed themselves among... Read more
I: Historical Interpretation in the United States; II: A survey of economic interests in 1787; III: The movement for the constitution; IV: Property Safeguards in the election of delegates; V: The economic interests of the members of the convention; VI: The constitution as an economic document; VII: The Political Doctrines of the members of the convention; VIII: The Process of Ratification; IX: The Popular Vote On The Constitution; X: The Economics of the vote on the constitution; XI: The Economic Conflict Over Ratification as viewed by contemporaries
Biography
Charles Beard
