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Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (Pulitzer Prize Winner) Paperback - 1997
by Jack N. Rakove
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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What did the U.S. Constitution originally mean, and who has comprehended its meaning best? Jack Rakove, professor of history at Stanford University, now approaches the debates surrounding the framing and ratification of the Constitution from the vantage point of history, examining the personal influences the various framers, especially James Madison, exerted over the process.From the Hardcover edition.
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THE INFANT PERIODS of most nations are buried in silence, or veiled in fable," James Madison observed in July 1819; "and perhaps the world may have lost but little which it need regret."
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- Title Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- Author Jack N. Rakove
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York
- Date May 27, 1997
- ISBN 9780679781219 / 0679781218
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.1 x 1 in (20.32 x 12.95 x 2.54 cm)
- Reading level 1510
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- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Constitutional history, United States - Constitutional law -
- Dewey Decimal Code 342.730
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- New York Times, 07/13/1997, Page 28
- NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 01/01/1997, Page 97
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