Ratification, Pauline Maier
Ratification, Pauline Maier
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Ratification
The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

Author: Pauline Maier

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 23 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/02/2010

Synopsis

When the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia adjourned late in the summer of 1787, the delegates returned to their states to report on the new Constitution, which had to be ratified by specially elected conventions in at least nine states. Pauline Maier recounts the dramatic events of the ensuing debate in homes, taverns, and convention halls, drawing generously on the speeches and letters of founding fathers, both familiar and forgotten, on all sides.

This is the first narrative history in decades of the ratification debate, with all its significance, and it draws on new scholarship about the ratification process. In Maier's skillful hands, this fascinating yet often overlooked episode in the nation's history comes to life as never before.

About Pauline Maier

Pauline Maier is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History at MIT. She is the author of several books and textbooks on American history, including From Resistance to Revolution, The Old Revolutionaries, and American Scripture, which was on the New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice list of the best 11 books of 1997 and a finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle Award. Pauline received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1968, and she currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on January 12, 2011

Over time, I have had a real interest in the founding period of the United States. The battle over ratification is one of those points in which I am especially interested (I have even done some professional research on the subject, to the extent that that has any relevance). This book, though, delve......more

Goodreads review by Fredrick on February 21, 2020

Following the American Revolution, the former colonies formed a loose confederation. When the Articles of Confederation created just as many problems as they solved, a convention was called to resolve the issue. After throwing out the Articles of Confederation the delegates started the struggle of f......more

Goodreads review by Frank on February 29, 2012

I was surprised to read that this was the first complete book on the ratification of the U.S. constitution out there. Fortunately, Maier finally gives the subject the comprehensive and enlightening treatment it deserves. She was able to complete this daunting task due to the publication of the "Docu......more

Goodreads review by David on December 17, 2024

Excellent, challenging read. Every person that wants to understand the bill of rights should read the final chapter.......more

Goodreads review by Iggy on June 22, 2017

This is a very comprehensive and what should now be a definitive and scholarly account of the ratification debates in the states. It is not an examination/discussion of the Federalist Papers, which were aimed primarily at New York and weren't otherwise widely circulated throughout the states. Rather......more

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