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I. The Constitutional Convention: The Setting, the Players, and the Outcome 1

The Origins of the Constitution 3

Society and Republicanism: America in 1787 19

The Philadelphia Convention and the Development of American Government: From the Virginia Plan to the Constitution 33

"Outcast" Rhode Island—The Absent State 49

Who Was Who in the Constitutional Convention: A Pictorial Essay of Its Leading Figures 55

Thomas Jefferson and the Constitution 65

II. Public Reception of the Constitution 77

The Federalist 79

The Constitutional Thought of the Anti-Federalists 93

The Constitution as Myth and Symbol 105

III. Ratification and the Inauguration of the Government 121

"Our Successors Will Have an Easier Task": The First Congress under the Constitution, 1789-1791 123

The Birth of the Federal Court System 137

The "Great Departments": The Origin of the Federal Government's Executive Branch 149

IV. Bill of Rights, Constitutional Adaptation, and the Future of the Constitution 163

James Madison and the Bill of Rights 165

The Nationalization of the Bill of Rights: An Overview 179

The Bill of Rights: Protector of Minorities and Dissenters 191

Religion and the Constitution 203

Race and the Constitution: The Case of the Japanese-American Internment 217

The Supreme Court and the Evolution of Women's Rights 233

Call a Second Convention? 247

The Constitution of the United States 259

Bicentennial Presentations 281

Bibliography 293

Illustration Acknowledgments 299

Index 301