In ''We The People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution'' (1958) McDonald used microscopic research in naional, state and local archives to demonstrate that Beard had misinterpreted the economic interests involved in writing the Constitution. Instead of just two interests, landed and mercantile interests, which conflicted, there were three dozen identifiable interests that forced the delegates to bargain. | In ''We The People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution'' (1958) McDonald used microscopic research in naional, state and local archives to demonstrate that Beard had misinterpreted the economic interests involved in writing the Constitution. Instead of just two interests, landed and mercantile interests, which conflicted, there were three dozen identifiable interests that forced the delegates to bargain. |