The invention of the United States Senate / Daniel Wirls and Stephen Wirls.

Author: Wirls, Daniel, 1960-

Imprint:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2004.

Descriptionx, 274 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:The republican institution -- Sources and models : mixed, republican, and liberal -- American senates in theory and practice, 1776-1787 -- The Constitutional Convention : the Senate and representation -- Completing the compromised Senate : composition and powers -- Unfounded hopes and fears : the Senate during ratification -- Reality : the early Senate -- From invention to evolution : the irony of the Senate.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-264) and index.

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