Contents

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION

PREFACE

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

Chapter One

CHARLES A. BEARD’S PIONEER INTERPRETATION OF THE MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION

PART TWO: THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION

Chapter Two	POLITICAL FACTIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS REPRESENTED IN THE CONVENTION
Chapter Three	ECONOMIC INTERESTS OF THE ATTENDING DELEGATES
Chapter Four	ECONOMIC INTERESTS AND THE VOTES OF THE ATTENDING DELEGATES

PART THREE: RATIFICATION

Chapter Five	IN STATES GENERALLY FAVORABLE TO THE CONSTITUTION Delaware New Jersey Georgia Connecticut Maryland
Chapter Six	IN STATES DIVIDED ON THE CONSTITUTION Pennsylvania Massachusetts South Carolina New Hampshire
Chapter Seven	IN STATES GENERALLY OPPOSED TO THE CONSTITUTION Virginia New York North Carolina Rhode Island

PART FOUR: SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DATA

Chapter Eight	A REVALUATION OF THE BEARD THESIS OF THE MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION
Chapter Nine	ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPS AND THEIR RELATION TO THE CONSTITUTION
Chapter Ten	ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION AND THE CONSTITUTION