Original Meanings
Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
Rakove, Jack N.
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BOOK SUMMARY
From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from incep
BOOK SYNOPSIS
From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces its complex weave of ideology and interest, showing how this document has meant different things at different times to different groups of Americans.
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"The most thoughtful and careful scholarly analysis to date of the extent to which the framers should control our contemporary understanding of the Constitution."--Stanley N. Katz, American Council of Learned Societies
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0679781218
ISBN(13-digit): 9780679781219
Copyright: 1997
Dewey Decimal: 342.73/029
Library of Congress: BL 99788101
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
Paper Weight (lb): 0.8
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