| Description |
viii, 458 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-432) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- An imperfect Constitution -- The Founding Era Amendments (1789-1804) -- The Reconstruction Era Amendments (1865-1870) -- The Progressive Era Amendments (1909-1920) -- The New Deal : and the amending wave that wasn't -- The Civil Rights Era Amendments (1960-1971) -- The 1970s : and the rights revolution that wasn't -- The Era of Conservative Amendment Politics -- The people's Constitution. |
| Summary |
"The 233-year story of how the American people have taken an imperfect constitution-the product of compromises and an artifact of its time-and made it more democratic"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Who wrote the Constitution? We think it was the fifty-five men in Philadelphia in 1787. But much of the Constitution was actually written later, in a series of twenty-seven amendments enacted over the course of two centuries. Kowal and Codrington tell the story of how subsequent generations have reshaped our founding document amid some of the most colorful, contested, and controversial battles in American political life. The result is an elegant, sobering account of the evolution of American democracy. -- adapted from jacket |
| Subject |
Constitutional history -- United States.
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Constitutional amendments -- United States -- History.
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LAW / General.
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Constitutional amendments. (OCoLC)fst00875758
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Constitutional history. (OCoLC)fst00875777
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Codrington, Wilfred U., III, author.
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| ISBN |
9781620975619 (hardcover) |
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1620975610 (hardcover) |
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9781620975626 (electronic book) |
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