"An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States"

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"An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States" is a landmark 1913 work of American historiography that argues the U.S. Constitution was shaped primarily by the economic interests of its framers rather than purely by political theory or democratic ideals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
history book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
work of historiography ⓘ
argues the Constitution served the interests of property owners and creditors ⓘ
the Constitution was a counterrevolution against radical democratic tendencies of the 1780s ⓘ
the Philadelphia Convention was dominated by men with substantial property holdings ⓘ
associatedWithSchool Progressive school of American historiography ⓘ
author Charles A. Beard ⓘ
controversial true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizedBy consensus historians ⓘ
constitutional scholars who emphasize ideological motives ⓘ
field American historiography ⓘ
constitutional studies ⓘ
political science ⓘ
focusesOn commercial and manufacturing interests ⓘ
economic interests of Constitution framers ⓘ
landed property ⓘ
property rights ⓘ
public securities holders ⓘ
genre scholarly monograph ⓘ
hasImpactOn subsequent debates over original intent in constitutional law ⓘ
teaching of U.S. constitutional history in the 20th century ⓘ
hasPerspective materialist interpretation of constitutional design ⓘ
historicalPeriodDiscussed 1780s in the United States ⓘ
influenced 20th-century American political science ⓘ
debates about the motives of the Founding Fathers ⓘ
economic interpretations of U.S. constitutional history ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainThesis The U.S. Constitution was shaped primarily by the economic interests of its framers ⓘ
The framers of the Constitution were motivated more by property and economic concerns than by abstract political theory or democratic ideals ⓘ
notableFor challenging idealized views of the Founding Fathers ⓘ
popularizing economic interpretations of political institutions ⓘ
praisedFor innovative application of economic analysis to political history ⓘ
systematic use of economic data about the framers ⓘ
publicationYear 1913 ⓘ
publisher Macmillan ⓘ
subject American history ⓘ
Founding Fathers of the United States ⓘ
Progressive historiography ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
economic history ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
timePeriodOfAuthorship Progressive Era ⓘ
usesMethod comparative analysis of economic interests and voting behavior at the Constitutional Convention ⓘ
quantitative analysis of framers’ economic holdings ⓘ

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