A BRILLIANT SOLUTION: Inventing the American Constitution
Carol Berkin, . . Harcourt, $26 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-15-100948-0
For the newly independent United States, the years just after the Revolution were the best of times and the worst of times: though the states celebrated their newfound freedom, they did not have a strong central government that would bind them together. Between 1776 and 1787, the proud new nation faced economic crisis, military weakness and interstate conflict—problems so enormous they almost dashed all hopes for a future unified country. Yet, as historian Berkin so engagingly illustrates, James Madison, George Washington and a handful of others met in Philadelphia in 1787 to frame a creative answer to the political impasse. Berkin (
Reviewed on: 06/24/2002
Genre: Nonfiction
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