As we near the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, join us for a talk on American history by Prof. Daniel Kapust of UW-Madison called 'The Idea of America and the Constitutional Debates.'
What is America? This question is one of the central issues in the debates over the ratification of the Constitution. Federalists and Anti-Federalists argued not just about whether to adopt the new Constitution, but what America was and what it might be. This presentation traces some of the broad issues in the ratification debates, focusing especially on the different ways that participants imagined the idea of America – past, present, and future.
No registration is required.
Brought to us through the Badger Talks program from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
For more information please contact: Andy Scott, Reference Librarian
414-425-8214