"Excellent collection of essays to introduce students to historiographic issues."--Alice Nash, Sarah Lawrence College"This anthology appears useful as a means of providing students with the historical context of the constitution's origins. Levy's essay is splendid." David Day, University of South Dakota"Excellent choice of reading material."--Sr. Lucille Robida, Notre Dame College"Very useful. I plan to adopt it for my seminar on constitutional history."--George L. Zeavas, Southwestern University"Excellent blending of essays."--Timothy H. Scully, University of Scranton"Invaluable."--Donald Barnes, Eastern Washington University"The addition of Levy's own essay on the Bill of Rights makes this solid standard an even more attractive work for those teaching U.S. Constitutional History."--James C. Durham, Wichita State University"An essential work. The best source available on the complex historiographic debate over the origins of the Constitution."--M. Bellesiles, University of California, Los Angeles