An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States

Charles A. Beard

Courier Corporation, May 20, 2004 - History - 330 pages

This famous study — one of the most influential in the area of American economic history — brought a halt to Americans' uncritical reverence for their country's revolutionary past. Questioning the Founding Fathers' motivations in drafting the Constitution, it viewed the results as a product of economic self-interest. Perhaps the most controversial books of its time.

Bibliographic information

• Title: An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States; Library of American freedoms
• Author: Charles A. Beard
• Publisher: Courier Corporation, 2004
• ISBN: 048643365X, 9780486433653
• Length: 330 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); History / United States / General