This bibliography focuses on the origins and development of the United States Constitution. This single bibliography is organized into two versions: (1) The Abbreviated Bibliography provides a long catalog of some major sources for a basic understanding of the events and ideas of the writing and ratification of the Constitution; and (2) the Extended Bibliography presents a more extensive list of works arranged into topical sections. The sections are (1) "The American Constitution: Bibliographies and General Treatments," (2) "Original Text and Writings," (3) "What Happended in 1787 and in the Years Before and After, and Why?" (4) "What Kind of People Wrote, Ratified, or Opposed the Constitution?," (5) "The Ideas of the Constitution," (6) "Specialized Treatments of Structural Components," (7) "Civil Rights and Civil Liberties," (8) "Other Provisions," (9) "Calls for Revisions in or Alternatives to the Constitution," and (10) "Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Constitutional History." The bibliography concludes with a chronology of the Founding Period. (KWL)