What Did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans? (Historians at Work S.) - Softcover

In this brief student book, Edward Countryman focuses on one great document in American history, introduces important commentaries on the critical questions surrounding its impact on early Americans, and draws students into the continuing debate with questions for discussion.

EDWARD COUNTRYMAN is University Distinguished Professor in the Clements Department of History at Southern Methodist University. He has also taught at the Universities of Warwick and Cambridge; the University of Canterbury; and Yale University. He has published widely on the American Revolution, winning a Bancroft Prize for his book "A People in Revolution" (1981). Together with Evonne von Heussen-Countryman, he has also published "Shane" in the British Film Institute Film Classics series.