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An original interpretation of 'the people's two bodies' that illuminates the opposite attitudes toward compromise throughout the American founding.
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-01 - Publisher: University of Michigan Press

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The fundamental importance of the 1787 Constitutional Convention continues to affect contemporary politics. The Constitution defines the structure and limits of
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This book offers a conceptual history of compromise demonstrating the connection between understandings of compromise and understandings of political representa
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The Original Compromise
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What were the Founding Fathers really thinking when they gathered in the Pennsylvania State House to draft the United States Constitution? This book explores th