Staughton Lynd received his BA from Harvard College and his MA and PhD from Columbia University. He taught at Spelman College and at Yale University. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of more than a dozen books and has published articles in journals including the Journal of American History, the William and Mary Quarterly, and the Political Science Quarterly. Robin Einhorn is a professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley.

• Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Class Conflict: 2. Who should rule at home? Dutchess County, New York, in the American Revolution; 3. The tenant rising at Livingston Manor, May 1777; 4. The mechanics in New York politics, 1774–1785; 5. A governing class on the defensive: the case of New York; Part II. Slavery: 6. On Turner, Beard, and slavery; 7. The abolitionist critique of the United States Constitution; 8. The compromise of 1787; Part III. The Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Historiography: 9. Abraham Yates's history of the movement for the United States Constitution; 10. Beard, Jefferson, and the tree of Liberty; Afterword Robin Einhorn.

Staughton Lynd received his BA from Harvard College and his MA and PhD from Columbia University. He taught at Spelman College and at Yale University. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of more than a dozen books and has published articles in journals including the Journal of American History, the William and Mary Quarterly, and the Political Science Quarterly. Robin Einhorn is a professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley.

• Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Class Conflict: 2. Who should rule at home? Dutchess County, New York, in the American Revolution; 3. The tenant rising at Livingston Manor, May 1777; 4. The mechanics in New York politics, 1774–1785; 5. A governing class on the defensive: the case of New York; Part II. Slavery: 6. On Turner, Beard, and slavery; 7. The abolitionist critique of the United States Constitution; 8. The compromise of 1787; Part III. The Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Historiography: 9. Abraham Yates's history of the movement for the United States Constitution; 10. Beard, Jefferson, and the tree of Liberty; Afterword Robin Einhorn.