Originally published in 1958 by The University of Chicago Press.

Published 1992 by Transaction Publishers

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McDonald, Forrest.

We the people: the economic origins of the Constitution / Forrest McDonald.

p. cm.

Originally published: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1958.

Includes index.

ISBN: 1-56000-574-2

1. United States. Constitutional Convention, 1787. 2. United States. Constitution. 3. Pressure groups—United States—History—18th century. 4. United States—Economic conditions—To 1865. 5. Beard, Charles Austin, 1874-1948. Economic interpretation of the Constitution of the United States.

JK146.M274 1991

322.4’3’097309033—dc20

91-20360

ISBN 13: 978-1-56000-574-2 (pbk)