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Published in 1913, this immensely influential and controversial history reinterpreted the motivations and actions of the members of the 1787 Constitutional Convention, suggesting that the importance of economic self-interest of the Founding Fathers outweighed abstract notions of philosophy in the shaping of the Constitution.
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Reviews for An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fascinating deconstruction of the motivations of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Beard carries his thesis that the US Constitution did not originate out of high-minded, disinterested patriotism, but rather from practical, economic interests. Even though this was a cursory look intended to spur further inquiry, Beard delves relatively deeply into the data. This was the other facet of the book that really appealed to me, it's data driven rather than narrative driven. (Or, couched that way, at least). At the very least, I'd recommend this as a counterpoint to too brief history of the constitution I received in high school.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seems a rather obvious argument today that is made in excessive detail, but it was quite controversial when it was published. Still, the delegate by delegate asset summaries could have been shortened.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5A very old book that had an intro full of a kind of pre-Communist Socialist thinking; wasn't too sure I wanted to wade through that. Didn't finish.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Beard's 1913 history is a classic of historical revisionism. The author puts down his thesis that the context of the constitution is to be found in economic phenomena. It was a fad in all history at that time, and the book is now very dated.