Sahin Seminar Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“The People Debate the Constitution: An American Story, 1787-1788”
Pauline Maier, MIT History Faculty
When the state convention called to ratify or reject the proposed federal
Constitution convened in Boston on January 9, 1788, five states had already
voted to ratify. Only four more states had to ratify for the Constitution to go
into effect, but its fate remained doubtful. The two chapters being circulated
for this work-in-progress seminar tell the landmark story of the Massachusetts
convention. They are from the manuscript of a book, to be published next year
by Simon and Schuster, that will be the first to tell the story of the
Constitution’s ratification by focusing on the elected state conventions where
the decisions to ratify (or not) were actually made. Pauline Maier will open
the seminar by talking about the project in general, including the challenge of
writing narratives and the sometimes revolutionary opportunities opened by
published (or digitized) document collections.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
4:15 – 6 PM
Building E51 Room 275
Corner of Wadsworth and Amherst Streets, Cambridge
Free and open to the public. For more information or to be put on the mailing
list, please contact [email protected]. This event is sponsored by MIT’s
History Faculty.
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