TY - BOOK AU - Klarman,Michael J. TI - The framers' coup: the making of the United States Constitution SN - 9780199942039 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - KF4541 .K53 2016 U1 - 342.7302 23 PY - 2016///] CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - United States KW - Constitution KW - Constitutional history KW - Constitutions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 815-824) and index; Flaws in the Articles of Confederation -- Economic turmoil in the states and the road to Philadelphia -- The Constitutional Convention -- Slavery and the Constitutional Constitution -- Critics of the Constitution: the Antifederalists -- The ratifying contest -- The Bill of Rights -- Conclusion ER -