Project Gutenberg 2023-04-30 Public domain in the USA. 389 Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin) 1874 1948 An economic interpretation of the Constitution of the United States $aUnited States :$bThe Macmillan company, $c1914. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Economic_Interpretation_of_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States" by Charles A. Beard is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work offers a critical examination of the United States Constitution, positing that its formation was heavily influenced by the economic interests of its framers rather than the abstract ideals of democracy and liberty often ascribed to its creation. Beard aims to reinterpret the historical narrative surrounding the Constitution, emphasizing the economic motivations behind its adoption. The opening of the book lays the groundwork for Beard's exploration of how economic interests shaped the political landscape of the late 18th century leading up to the Constitutional Convention. He discusses various schools of historical interpretation, touching upon authors like Bancroft and others, while asserting that conventional histories have overlooked the economic factors at play. Beard introduces the need for a critical reevaluation of the motivations of key figures in the establishment of the Constitution, setting the stage for a detailed analysis of the economic contexts that influenced those in power during that transformative period. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/economicinterpre00bear_3 20190831161555beard 1914 US Reading ease score: 49.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Constitutional history -- United States United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865 United States. Constitution -- Economic aspects Economic liberties (U.S. Constitution) Constitutional law -- Economic aspects -- United States JK KF Text Category: History - American Category: Politics Category: Economics 896079 2025-07-28T05:41:36.142896 text/html 864429 2023-04-30T17:30:48 text/html 730994 2025-07-28T05:41:51.163762 application/epub+zip 738576 2025-07-28T05:41:39.619823 application/epub+zip 400767 2025-07-28T05:41:37.953851 application/epub+zip 1059476 2025-07-28T05:41:59.152743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 979356 2025-07-28T05:41:49.633799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 691158 2025-07-28T05:41:33.402870 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 690937 2023-04-30T17:30:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19656 2025-07-28T05:41:59.380729 application/rdf+xml 8921 2025-07-28T05:41:38.329831 image/jpeg 1684 2025-07-28T05:41:38.143840 image/jpeg 235336 2023-04-30T17:30:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 893936 2023-04-30T17:30:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 970868 2025-07-28T05:41:36.208841 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia