The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691180014ISBN-10:691180016UPC:9780691180014Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Constitutions, American Government, History & TheoryBook Topic:NationalSize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SC5WV3TDXD
The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History
A provocative new history of America's constitution and an urgent call to action for a nation confronted by challenges its founders could never have imagined
The American Revolution occurred at a time when Britain's constitutional order failed to adapt to the extraordinary growth of its colonies. The framers designed an American constitution to succeed where Britain's had faltered, planning for...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691180014ISBN-10:691180016UPC:9780691180014Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Constitutions, American Government, History & TheoryBook Topic:NationalSize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SC5WV3TDXD
Mark Peterson is the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865 (Princeton) and The Price of Redemption: The Spiritual Economy of Puritan New England.
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