3D SER., 44, NO. 3 (JULY 1987)
Riddles of the Federal Constitutional Convention
James H. Hutson
412
The Great Compromise: Ideas, Interests, and the Politics of Constitution Making
Jack N. Rakove
424
Reason and Compromise in the Establishment of the Federal Constitution, 1787&#;1801
William E. Nelson
458
The Political Psychology of The Federalist
Daniel W. Howe
485
Melancton Smith and the Letters from the Federal Farmer
Robert H. Webking
510
The Contract Clause and the Evolution of American Federalism 1789&#;1815
Steven R. Boyd
529
Forum: The Creation of the American Republic, 1776&#;1787:
A Symposium of Views and Reviews
Ruth H. Bloch, The Constitution and Culture550
Edward Countryman, Of Republicanism, Capitalism, and the “American Mind”556
John Patrick Diggins, Between Bailyn and Beard: The Perspectives of Gordon S. Wood563
John Howe, Gordon S. Wood and the Analysis of Political Culture in the American Revolutionary Era569
Ralph Ketcham, Publius: Sustaining the Republican Principle576
Pauline Maier, A Pearl in a Gnarled Shell: Gordon S. Wood&#;s The Creation of the American Republic Reconsidered583
Jackson Turner Main, An Agenda for Research on the Origins and Nature of the Constitution of 1787&#;1788591
John M. Murrin, Gordon S. Wood and the Search for Liberal America597
Gary B. Nash, Also There at the Creation: Going beyond Gordon S. Wood602
Peter S. Onuf, State Politics and the Ideological Transformation: Gordon S. Wood&#;s Republican Revolution612
Jack N. Rakove, Gordon S. Wood, the “Republican Synthesis,”and the Path Not Taken617
Garry Wills, Talking Ourselves Out of a Fight623
Gordon S. Wood, Ideology and the Origins of Liberal America628
Reviews of Books
White, Philosophy, The Federalist, and the Constitution. By John Howe641
The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution. Vol. 3: Ratification of the Constitution by the States. Delaware, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut. ed. Jensen. Vol. 13: Commentaries on the Constitution. Public and Private, 21 February to 7 November 1787. Vol. 14: 8 November to 17 December 1787. Vol. 15: 18 December 1787 to 31 January 1788, ed. Kaminski, Saladino, et al. By Forrest McDonald 643
Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789&#;March 3, 1791. Vol. 2: Senate Executive Journal and Related Documents. Vol. 3: House of Representatives Journaland Related Documents, ed. De Pauw et al. Vol. 4: Legislative Histories. Amendments to the Constitution through Foreign Officers Bill [H.R. II6]. Vol. 5: Legislative Histories. Funding Act [H.R. 63] through Militia Bill /[H.R. 11 2]. Vol. 6: Legislative Histories. Mitigation of Fines Bill [H.R. 38] through Resolution on Unclaimed Western Lands, ed. Bickford and Veit. By Jacob E. Cooke 646
Levy, Constitutional Opinions: Aspects of the Bill of Rights. By Francis N. Stites 650
Curry, The First Freedoms: Church and State in America to the Passage of the First Amendment. By John F. Berens 652
The First Amendment: The Legacy of George Mason, ed. Shumate. By George M. Curtis III 654
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