Annotated U. S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence

Name: Annotated U. S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence
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ISBN: 9780674066229

ISBN-10: 0674066227

ISBN-13: 9780674066229

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jack N. Rakove

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Here in a newly annotated edition are the two founding documents of the United States of America: the Declaration of Independence (1776), our great revolutionary manifesto, and the Constitution (1787–88), in which “We the People” forged a new nation and built the framework for our federal republic. Together with the Bill of Rights and the Civil War amendments, these documents constitute what James Madison called our “political scriptures” and have come to define us as a people. Now a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian serves as a guide to these texts, providing historical contexts and offering interpretive commentary.In an introductory essay written for the general reader, Jack N. Rakove…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/22/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.51" wide x 6.97" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Jack N. Rakove is the William R. Coe Professor of History and American Studies and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and author of the Pulitzer Prizeï¿½e"winning Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution.