Summary: This two-volume cumulative index (volumes 35 and 36 sold separately) is a portal through which the magnificent eighteenth-century debate over the ratification of the Constitution can be more readily perceived and appreciated. Begun in 1976, The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Series is a reference collection that aims to preserve the state-by-state debates about the ratification of the United States Constitution. This series is a research tool of remarkable power, an unrivaled reference work for historical and legal scholars, librarians, and students of the Constitution.
About the Author: The Ratification series is overseen by constitutional scholar JOHN P. KAMINSKI, director of the Center for the Study of the American Constitution at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Series co-editors include Kaminski, THOMAS H. LINLEY, TIMOTHY D. MOORE, OINDRILA CHATTOPADHYAY, and DUSTIN COHAN.