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We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution

byJill Lepore

Jill Lepore tells the history of the U.S. Constitution as a document made to be revised rather than revered as untouchable. She traces amendments proposed, debated, adopted, defeated, or forgotten, connecting constitutional change with abolition, citizenship, voting, equality, labor, presidential power, and social movements. The book restores the political struggles behind familiar clauses and highlights reformers who tried to extend the promise of popular government. Lepore argues that constitutional democracy depends not only on preserving an inherited text but on maintaining the people's capacity to repair it.

Publisher

Liveright

Publication date

2025-09-16

Format

Hardcover

Pages

720

ISBN

9781631496080