{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4241925195","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351299640","title":"We The People","display_name":"We The People","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-09-29","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4241925195","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351299640"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.4324/9781351299640","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351299640","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351299640","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463855","display_name":"Routledge eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319847","host_organization_name":"Routledge","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319847","https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Routledge","Taylor & Francis"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"book"},"volume":null,"type":"book","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5113220695","display_name":"Forrest McDonald","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Forrest McDonald","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5030541371","display_name":"Russell Kirk","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Russell Kirk","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.5137,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.78360784,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13445","display_name":"American Constitutional Law and Politics","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13445","display_name":"American Constitutional Law and Politics","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13138","display_name":"Legal and Constitutional Studies","score":0.00039999998989515007,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14237","display_name":"Historical and Political Studies","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/united-states-constitution","display_name":"United States Constitution","score":0.8209999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/constitutional-conventions","display_name":"constitutional conventions","score":0.6029999852180481},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/charles-a-beard","display_name":"Charles A. Beard","score":0.9940000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economic-determinism","display_name":"economic determinism","score":0.7940000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economic-interpretation-of-history","display_name":"economic interpretation of history","score":0.5389999747276306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/colonial-culture","display_name":"colonial culture","score":0.38100001215934753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/american-historiography","display_name":"American historiography","score":0.6600000262260437}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.34324800968170166}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.4324/9781351299640","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351299640","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351299640","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463855","display_name":"Routledge eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319847","host_organization_name":"Routledge","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319847","https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Routledge","Taylor & Francis"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"book"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2030062856","https://openalex.org/W2325179845","https://openalex.org/W3141019718","https://openalex.org/W2905408635","https://openalex.org/W2000323699","https://openalex.org/W1542236069","https://openalex.org/W2039345068","https://openalex.org/W2920388333","https://openalex.org/W2948684037","https://openalex.org/W7139370546"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Charles":[0],"A.":[1],"Bear's":[2],"An":[3],"Economic":[4],"Interpretation":[5],"of":[6,14,23,34,44,52,57,86,107,133,137,141,149,161,175,185,198,202,223,261,271],"the":[7,21,32,35,45,49,53,58,64,67,81,84,96,105,110,114,134,138,142,146,150,159,173,183,186,217,224,233,239,254,269],"United":[8],"States":[9],"Constitution":[10,36,82,187],"was":[11,37,66,188,226],"a":[12,212,258,265],"work":[13,85,125,181,260],"such":[15],"powerful":[16],"persuasiveness":[17],"as":[18,47,55,83,211],"to":[19,71,94,238,247,275],"alter":[20],"course":[22],"American":[24,108,262,286],"historiography.":[25],"No":[26],"historian":[27],"who":[28],"followed":[29],"in":[30,104,113,120,182,196,232,268],"studying":[31],"making":[33,184,235],"entirely":[38],"free":[39],"from":[40],"Beard's":[41,72,163],"radical":[42],"interpretation":[43,165],"document":[46,267],"serving":[48],"economic":[50,98,135,164,209,248],"interests":[51],"Framers":[54],"members":[56,140,148],"propertied":[59],"class.":[60],"Forrest":[61],"McDonald's":[62],"We":[63,253],"People":[65,111,255],"first":[68,240],"major":[69,259],"challenge":[70],"thesis.":[73],"This":[74],"superbly":[75],"researched":[76],"and":[77,88,145,191,220,229,250,264,285],"documented":[78],"volume":[79,279],"restored":[80],"principled":[87],"prudential":[89],"men.":[90],"It":[91,273],"did":[92],"much":[93],"invalidate":[95],"crude":[97],"determinism":[99],"that":[100,116,157,172,236],"had":[101,118],"become":[102],"endemic":[103],"writing":[106],"history.We":[109],"fills":[112],"details":[115],"Beard":[117],"overlooked":[119],"his":[121],"fragmentary":[122],"book.":[123],"MacDonald's":[124],"is":[126,156,256],"based":[127],"on":[128,158],"an":[129,227,277],"exhaustive":[130],"comparative":[131],"examination":[132],"biographies":[136],"55":[139],"Constitutional":[143],"Convention":[144],"1,750":[147],"state":[151],"ratifying":[152],"conventions.":[153],"His":[154],"conclusion":[155],"basis":[160],"evidence,":[162],"does":[166],"not":[167],"hold.":[168],"McDonald":[169],"demonstrates":[170,215],"conclusively":[171],"interplay":[174],"conditioning":[176],"or":[177],"determining":[178],"factors":[179,249],"at":[180],"extremely":[189],"complex":[190],"cannot":[192],"be":[193,276],"rendered":[194],"intelligible":[195],"terms":[197],"any":[199],"single":[200],"system":[201],"interpretation.McDonald's":[203],"classic":[204],"work,":[205],"while":[206],"never":[207],"denying":[208],"motivation":[210],"factor,":[213],"also":[214],"how":[216],"rich":[218],"cultural":[219],"political":[221,282],"mosaic":[222],"colonies":[225],"independent":[228],"dominant":[230],"factor":[231],"decision":[234],"led":[237],"new":[241],"nation.":[242],"In":[243],"its":[244],"pluralistic":[245],"approach":[246],"analytic":[251],"richness,":[252],"both":[257],"history":[263,270],"significant":[266],"ideas.":[272],"continues":[274],"essential":[278],"for":[280],"historians,":[281],"scientists,":[283],"economists,":[284],"studies":[287],"specialists.":[288]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-10-04T09:36:47.201465","created_date":"2022-05-12T00:00:00"}