A review by sgtbigg
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody Holton

4.0

Holton gives a different version of the origins of the U.S. Constitution. Arguing that the Framers were unhappy with the excesses of democracy in Confederation America. The Constitution was an effort to rein in democracy, take power from the states (and the people) and put it in the hands of the national government. There were also financial incentives, Holton, while claiming that Beard may have overstated the case, notes that many of the men at the Constitutional Convention stood to make many if the Constitution was ratified. An interesting alternative look at the origins of the Constitution and the nation.