Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the 1787,
Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the 1787,

Author: United States. Constitutional Convention

Publisher:

Published: 1838

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13:

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This volume includes notes from closed-door meetings centered around ratifying the U.S. Constitution to include the foundational Bill of Rights. The volume proclaims that there are no other written testimonies concerning the secret proceedings of the federal convention, aside from those from James Madison himself.

In What Style Should We Build?
In What Style Should We Build?

Author: Heinrich Hubsch

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1996-07-11

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0892361999

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Hubsch's argument that the technical progress and changed living habits of the nineteenth century rendered neoclassical principles antiquated is presented here along with responses to his essay by architects, historians, and critics over two decades.

Ratification
Ratification

Author: Pauline Maier

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-06-07

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 0684868555

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The dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years.

From Early Tang Court Debates to China's Peaceful Rise
From Early Tang Court Debates to China's Peaceful Rise

Author: Friederike Assandri

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 905356795X

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Contributors to this insightful volume on topics in Chinese history from the past 1,400 years highlight the complexity at hand inside and outside modern China, while exploring issues related to political and social dynamics, economic structures, modernization, identity building, and Chinese interaction with the outside world. The articles presented here provide new insight on events as broad-ranging as the interreligious court debates of the Tang, the Jiaqing reform of the Qing, the Chinese display at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, China’s rise, and its current Internet regulation, making this highly interdisciplinary collection an important contribution to current scholarship on the nation of China.