These essays place in historical and political context the story of New York's long struggle towards ratification.
Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Theory
Chapter 3 The U.S. Constitution and
the American Tradition of Constitution-Making
Chapter 4 The Ends of
Federalism Part 5 History
Chapter 6 The Constitution of the United States:
The End of the Revolution
Chapter 7 New York: The Reluctant Pillar Part 8
Materials
Chapter 9 A Guide to Sources for Studying the Ratification of the
Constitution by New York State
Chapter 10 FictionAnother Source Part 11
People and Place
Chapter 12 A Biographical Gazetteer of New York Federalists
and Antifederalists
Chapter 13 A Preliminary Inventory of the Homes of New
York Federalists and the Antifederalists
Chapter 14 A Guide to Historic Sites
of the Ratification Debate in New York Part 15 Chronologies
Chapter 16 A
Chronology of Constitutional Events during the American Revolutionary Era,
1774-1792
Chapter 17 A Chronology of New York Events, 1777-1788
Chapter 18
Index
Stephen L. Schechter is Executive Director, New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. He is on leave from Russell Sage College where he is Professor of Political Science and History. He is the editor of various publications, including Teaching About American Federal Democracy and Local History in the Classroom.
