Shapers of the Great Debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787: a biographical dictionary by Joseph C. MortonCall Number: REF E302.5 .M674 2006
ISBN: 0313330212
The Shapers of the Great Debate series takes a biographical approach to history, following the premise that people make history in the circumstances in which they find themselves. Each volume in this series examines the lives and experiences of the individual's involved in a particular debate through major and minor biographies. Fifty-five delegates assembled in Philadelphia in 1787 to revise and amend the Articles of Confederation, only to emerge sixteen weeks later with a new document: the U.S. Constitution. Fifty-five biographies, one for each delegate, are presented. Biographies include such notable individuals as Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Luther Martin, and James Madison. An introductory essay, appendices including the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution, and an annotated bibliography are also included.