U.S. Constitutional Convention/Bibliography

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• Alexander, John K. The Selling of the Constitutional Convention: A History of News Coverage (1990)
• Banning, Lance. "Republican Ideology and the Triumph of the Constitution, 1789 to 1793." The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr., 1974), pp. 167-188 in JSTOR
• Beeman, Richard R. et al eds. Beyond Confederation: origins of the constitution and American national identity (1987)
• Belz, Herman. A Living Constitution or Fundamental Law? American Constitutionalism in Historical Perspective (1988) by leading scholar online edition
• Bowen, Catherine Drinker. Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 (1986), very well written narrative
• Dougherty, Keith L. and Jac C. Heckelman, "A Pivotal Voter from a Pivotal State: Roger Sherman at the Constitutional Convention." American Political Science Review 2006 100(2): 297-302. Issn: 0003-0554 Fulltext: at Cambridge journals
• Ferling, John. A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic (2003) online edition
• Finkelman, Paul. "Slavery and the Constitutional Convention: Making a Covenant with Death," in Richard Beeman, ed. Beyond Confederation, (1987)
• Gibson, Alan. Understanding the Founding: The Crucial Questions, (2007) 232 pages
• Grubb, Farley. "The U.S. Constitution and Monetary Powers: an Analysis of the 1787 Constitutional Convention and the Constitutional Transformation of the Us Monetary System." Financial History Review 2006 13(1): 43-71. Issn: 0968-5650 Fulltext: in Cambridge and Swetswise
• Levy, Leonard, and Dennis J. Mahoney, eds. The Framing and Ratification of the Constitution (1987), articles by scholars
• Main, Jackson Turner. The Antifederalists: Critics of the Constitution (1961)
• McDonald, Forrest. The Formation of the American Republic, 1776-1790 (1965)
• McLaughlin, Andrew C. A Constitutional History of the United States (1935), standard history by leading scholar online edition
• McLaughlin, Andrew C. The Confederation and the Constitution, 1783-1789 (1905) 348 pp. online from Google
• Morgan, Kenneth. "Slavery and the Debate over Ratification of the United States Constitution." Slavery & Abolition 2001 22(3): 40-65. Issn: 0144-039x Fulltext: in Ingenta
• Morris, Richard B. The Forging of the Union: 1781-1789 (1987), standard survey of era by leading scholar
• Rakove, Jack. "The Great Compromise: Ideas, Interests, and the Politics of Constitution Making," William and Mary Quarterly44 (1987): 424–57. in JSTOR
• Rakove, Jack N. Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (1997), Pulitzer Prize
• Rakove, Jack N. Interpreting The Constitution: The Debate Over Original Intent (1990)
• Robertson, David Brian. "Madison's Opponents and Constitutional Design." American Political Science Review 2005 99(2): 225-243. Issn: 0003-0554
• Rossiter, Clinton. 1787: The Grand Convention (1966), narrative and interpretation by leading scholar
• Rutland, Robert Allen. The Ordeal of the Constitution: The Anti-Federalists and the Ratification Struggle, 1787–1788 (1966)
• Rutland, Robert Allen. The Birth of the Bill of Rights, 1776–1791 (1955)
• Slonim, Shlomo. "Securing States' Interests at the 1787 Constitutional Convention: a Reassessment. Studies in American Political Development 2000 14(1): 1-19. ISSN: 0898-588X Fulltext: at Cambridge journals
• Vile, John R. The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of America's Founding ABC-CLIO, 2005). 2 vols. 1083pp; 400 entries; ISBN: 1-85109-669-8
• Warren, Charles. The Making of the Constitution (1928); by leading Constitutional historian

Primary sources

• Farrand, Max ed. Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, 4 vol (1911) online edition
• Kenyon, Cecelia M. ed. The Antifederalists (1966), pamphlets by opponents
• Madison, James. Notes on the Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787, Reported by James Madison (1966), online edition