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Original Meanings

Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution

Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution

By Jack N. Rakove

By Jack N. Rakove

By Jack N. Rakove

By Jack N. Rakove

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May 27, 1997 | ISBN 9780679781219

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Apr 21, 2010 | ISBN 9780307434517

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    About Original Meanings

    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.

    About Original Meanings

    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.

    About Jack N. Rakove

    Jack N. Rakove is the author of six books, including Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution, which won the Pulitzer Prize in History, and Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America, which was a finalist… More about Jack N. Rakove

    About Jack N. Rakove

    Jack N. Rakove is the author of six books, including Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution, which won the Pulitzer Prize in History, and Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America, which was a finalist… More about Jack N. Rakove

    Product Details

    Category: Domestic Politics | Colonial/Revolutionary Period

    Paperback | $18.95
    Published by Vintage
    May 27, 1997 | 464 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679781219

    Category: Domestic Politics | Colonial/Revolutionary Period

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 21, 2010 | 464 Pages | ISBN 9780307434517
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    Praise

    "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

    Awards

    Pulitzer Prize WINNER 1997

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