Contested Conventions: The Struggle to Establish the Constitution and Save the Union, 1787-1789

Brings to life the hard-fought battle over the creation and ratification of the Constitution.

There is perhaps no more critical juncture in American history than the years in which Americans drafted the federal Constitution, fiercely debated its merits and failings, and adopted it, albeit with reservations. In Contested Conventions, senior historian Melvin Yazawa examines the political and ideological clashes that accompanied the transformation of the country from a loose confederation of st...