TY - BOOK AU - Holton,Woody TI - Unruly Americans and the origins of the Constitution SN - 0809080613 (hardcover : alk. paper): AV - KF4541 .H58 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - New York, NY PB - Hill and Wang KW - Constitutional history KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-353) and index; Bricks without straw : grievances --; The; fault is all your own : rebuttals --; To relieve the distressed : demands --; Save the people : requisition --; Who will call this justice? : quarrels --; Idle drones: economics --; The; fate of republican govt : redemption --; A; revolution which ought to be glorious : disenchantment --; A; murmuring underneath : rebellion --; Excess of democracy? : reform --; The; house on fire : credit --; Divide et impera : statecraft --; More adequate to the purposes : revenue --; Take up the reins : ratification --; More productive and less oppressive : taxes --; As if impounded : consolidation ER -