All Politics Is Local
Family, Friends, and Provincial Interests in the Creation of the Constitution
Christopher Collier

University Press of New England

Table of Contents

• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Geography, Politics, and Society
• Natioal Objectives, Local Concerns at the Constitutional Convention: Part 1. Protecting State Governments
• National Objectives, Local concerns at the Constitutional Convention: Part 2. Protecting the Local Economy
• Ratification in Connecticutt
• Constitutional Crosswinds
• Those Who Voted No
• Conclusions
• Appendixes - Town Locator - New England Turnpike Routes and Mill Villages - Some Additional Location Contexts - Occupations of Convention Delegates - "The Looking Glass for 1787"
• Notes
• Sources Cited
• Index




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