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Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution

By Jack N. Rakove

Book information

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Year
2010
ISBN
9780307434517
ASIN
B003E8AIVQ
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
574 kB (587739 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2024-04-11 05:38:05

Description

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...M.F

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