{"product_id":"to-form-a-more-perfect-union-a-new-economic-interpretation-of-the-united-states-constitution-hardcover","title":"To Form a More Perfect Union: A New Economic Interpretation of the United States Constitution - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert A. McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany important questions regarding the creation and adoption of the United States Constitution remain unresolved. Did slaveholdings or financial holdings significantly influence our Founding Fathers' stance on particular clauses or rules contained in the Constitution? Was there a division of support for the Constitution related to religious beliefs or ethnicity? Were founders from less commercial areas more likely to oppose the Constitution? \u003cem\u003eTo Form a More Perfect Union\u003c\/em\u003e successfully answers these questions and offers an economic explanation for the behavior of our Founding Fathers during the nation's constitutional founding.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1913, American historian Charles A. Beard controversially argued in his book \u003cem\u003eAn Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States\u003c\/em\u003e that the framers and ratifiers of the Constitution were less interested in furthering democratic principles than in advancing specific economic and financial interests. Beard's thesis eventually emerged as the standard historical interpretation and remained so until the 1950s. Since then, many constitutional and historical scholars have questioned an economic interpretation of the Constitution as being too narrow or too calculating, believing the great principles and political philosophies that motivated the Founding Fathers to be worthier subjects of study.\u003cbr\u003eIn this meticulously researched reexamination of the drafting and ratification of our nation's Constitution, Robert McGuire argues that Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, George Mason and the other Founding Fathers did act as much for economic motives as for abstract ideals. \u003cem\u003eTo Form a More Perfect Union\u003c\/em\u003e offers compelling evidence showing that the economic, financial, and other interests of the founders can account for the specific design and adoption of our Constitution. This is the first book to provide modern evidence that substantiates many of the overall conclusions found in Charles Beard's \u003cem\u003eAn Economic Interpretation\u003c\/em\u003e while challenging and overturning other of Beard's specific findings. \u003cem\u003eTo Form a More Perfect Union\u003c\/em\u003e presents an entirely new approach to the study of the shaping of the U.S. Constitution. Through the application of economic thinking and rigorous statistical techniques, as well as the processing of vast amounts of data on the economic interests and personal characteristics of the Founding Fathers, McGuire convincingly demonstrates that an economic interpretation of the Constitution is valid. Radically challenging the prevailing views of most historians, political scientists, and legal scholars, \u003cem\u003eTo Form a More Perfect Union\u003c\/em\u003e provides a wealth of new findings about the Founding Fathers' constitutional choices and sheds new light on the motivations behind the design and adoption of the United States Constitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert A. McGuire\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Long Beach, California, and educated at Long Beach State and the University of Washington. A professor of economics at the University of Akron, he is the author of many studies that have appeared in academic journals, including the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Economic Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Journal of Political Science\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEconomic History Review, Journal of Economic History\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePublic Choice\u003c\/em\u003e. Among his most recent research is a study of the Confederate constitution appearing in \u003cem\u003eEconomic Inquiry\u003c\/em\u003e and an ongoing study of the role of diseases in American economic history funded with a National Science Foundation grant in 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.33 x 9.76 x 6.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 27, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47507169509554,"sku":"9780195139709","price":189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/V8Wr14LCmp9780195139709.webp?v=1779574276","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/to-form-a-more-perfect-union-a-new-economic-interpretation-of-the-united-states-constitution-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}