Forging the American Nation, 1787-1791

1. America’s First Constitution: State Over Nation
Shlomo Slonim

2. The Road to Philadelphia: Nationalists in Search of Energy and Supremacy
Shlomo Slonim

3. The Constitutional Convention: Nation Over State Within a Federal Framework
Shlomo Slonim

4. Delimiting the Scope of National Authority
Shlomo Slonim

5. Three Dissenting Fathers: The First Salvo in the Antifederalist Campaign
Shlomo Slonim

6. The Antifederalist Drive to Reinstitute State Over Nation
Shlomo Slonim

7. Three Ratification Contests: The Fate of the Union in the Balance
Shlomo Slonim

8. Madison and the Threat of a Second Constitutional Convention
Shlomo Slonim

9. The Bill of Rights in Congress: Madison’s Race Against Time
Shlomo Slonim

10. The Tenth Amendment: Nation Over State Preserved
Shlomo Slonim

11. Postscript: Federalism Tested: Madison v. Marshall and the Antifederalist Revival
Shlomo Slonim

Keywords: History, US History, US Politics