Triumvirate
Subtitle: the story of the unlikely alliance that saved the Constitution and united the nation
By: Bruce Chadwick.
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Naperville, Ill
Language: eng
Subjects: Madison, James, -- 1751-1836; Hamilton, Alexander, -- 1757-1804; Jay, John, -- 1745-1829; Constitutional history -- United States; Alliances -- Case studies; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789; New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865; Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865; Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865; Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The important players; title: Prelude : summer 1787, and the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia; title: A fight brews; title: The arrival of James Madison in a turbulent New York City; title: The triumvirate; title: The right to bear and keep arms; title: The Federalist; title: Newspaper support across the country; title: A winter of worry; title: Pennsylvania : the first tough skirmish; title: Snowstorms and political storms : the fight in Massachusetts; title: The fourth, silent member of the triumvirate : George Washington; title: Virginia; title: Virginia's wild convention begins; title: New York : the final round in the tiny village of Poughkeepsie; title: New York : into the stretch; title: Aftermath.