This famous study one of the most influential in the area of American economic history brought a halt to Americans' uncritical reverence for their country's revolutionary past. Questioning the
Founding Fathers' motivations in drafting the
Constitution, it viewed the results as a product of economic self-interest. Perhaps the most controversial books of its time.
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Background Information
The United States Constitution is the written document by which both the federal government was instituted. The Founding Fathers are those men who participated in the country's principal documents, primarily the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
