Unruly Americans and the Origins of the ConstitutionFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 M10 14 - 384 pages Average Americans Were the True Framers of the Constitution |
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Woody Holton. This page intentionally left blank. Chapter 1 “Bricks Without Straw” Grievances Noah Webster was not.
Woody Holton. Chapter. 1. “Bricks. Without. Straw”. Grievances. Noah. Webster was not known for his humility. Although born into a region (New England), a family background (pedigreed but poor), an era (the Enlightenment), and a gender that ...
... Noah Webster wrote securities trader James Greenleaf in October 1791, after the federal government began paying punctual interest on its bonds, dramatically raising their value and enriching speculators who had bought low. “As the ...
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Contents
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II VIRTUE AND VICE | 83 |
III UNRULY AMERICANS | 125 |
IV REINING IN THE REVOLUTION | 177 |
V ESAUS BARGAIN | 225 |
Epilogue The Underdogs Constitution | 272 |
Notes | 279 |
Acknowledgments | 355 |
Index | 357 |