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PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Chapter One CHARLES ABEARD’S PIONNEER INTERPRETATION OF THE MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION PART TWO: THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION Chapter Two POLITCAL FACTIONS AND GEOGRAPICAL AREAS REPRESENTED IN THE CONVENTION Chapter Three ECONOMIC INTERESTS OF THE ATTENDING DELEGATES Chapter Four ECONOMIC INTEREST AND THE VOTES OF THE ATTENDING DELEGATES PART THREE: RATIFICATION Chapter Five IN STATES GNEREALLY FAVORABLE TO THE CONSTITUTION PART FOUR: Chapter Six IN STATES DIVIDED ON THE CONSTITUTION; Chapter Seven IN STATES GENERALLY OPPOSED TO THE CONSTITUTION; Chapter Eight SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DATA A REVALUATION OF THE BEARD THESIS OF THE MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION Chapter Nine ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPS AND THEIR RELATION TO THE CONSTITUTION Chapter Ten ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION AND THE CONSTITUTION