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

byAkhil Reed Amar

A history of the American Constitution’s formative decades from a preeminent legal scholar When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. The research behind The Words That Made Us draws together archival evidence, political analysis, and reconstructed events to show how the central story changed over time. The result links the america’s constitutional conversation, 1760-1840 with debates in history and law, showing where public institutions and private experience meet.

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication date

May 04, 2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

832

ISBN

9780465096350