Original Meanings

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.

המשפט הראשון: 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."

שנה

1996

שפה

English

הוצאה

Vintage

מהדורות

7

עמודים

464

ISBN

9780679781219

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