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The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840

The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840

Amar, Akhil Reed

Hardcover

19th Century United States HistoryColonial Period (1600-1775)Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)

Publisher Price: $40.00

ISBN10: 0465096352
ISBN13: 9780465096350
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: May 4 2021
Pages: 832
Weight: 2.44
Height: 2.40 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
From a preeminent legal scholar, a fascinating and masterful (Wall Street Journal) history of the American Constitution's formative decades
When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But ratification hardly ended the conversation. For the next half century, ordinary Americans and statesmen alike continued to wrestle with weighty questions in the halls of government and in the pages of newspapers. Should the nation's borders be expanded? Should America allow slavery to spread westward? What rights should Indian nations hold? What was the proper role of the judicial branch?

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