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Item specifics
- Condition
- Original Language
- English
- Features
- Signed
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Signed
- Yes
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Signed By
- Akhil Reed Amar
- Era
- Modern
- ISBN
- 9780465096350
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
0465096352
ISBN-13
9780465096350
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20050072754
Product Key Features
Book Title
Words That Made Us : America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
Number of Pages
832 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Constitutional, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Constitutions
Publication Year
2021
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Law, Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2.5 in
Item Weight
39.9 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-046037
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Without princes or priests to impose it from above, America's Constitution evolved from an ongoing public conversation. In this timely and illuminating volume, constitutional historian Akhil Amar superbly unpacks the meaning of those words that continue to matter from the founding era. Highly recommended."-- Edward J. Larson , Pulitzer Prize winning author of Summer for the Gods, "Dazzling...Against modern historians and legal scholars who condemn the constitutional order as a bulwark of elite dominion, Amar advances a neo Federalist defense of it as a deeply democratic, if imperfect, blueprint for stable liberty. This is no arid exercise in legal theory: Amar ties searching constitutional analysis into a gripping narrative of war, popular tumults, political intrigue, and even fashion, highlighted by vivid profiles of statesmen."-- Publishers Weekly, "A page-turning doorstop history of how early American courts and politicians interpreted the Constitution. A Yale professor of law and political science, Amar--who points out that most historians lack training in law and most lawyers are not knowledgeable enough about history--delivers a fascinating, often jolting interpretation. . . . Brilliant insights into America's founding document."-- Kirkus, "With characteristic insight and wit, Akhil Amar brilliantly revives the classic constitutional history of the United States for a twenty-first-century nation. Deftly telling the story of the birth of the American constitutional system of government, Amar confronts the founders' failures and successes with admirable frankness."-- Mary Sarah Bilder, Founders Professor, Boston College, "Fascinating...A masterly synthesis of history and law...Readers of The Words That Made Us will rightly marvel at its breadth and depth and at Mr. Amar's scholarly acumen."-- Wall Street Journal, "A page-turning doorstop history of how early American courts and politicians interpreted the Constitution. A Yale professor of law and political science, Amar--who points out that most historians lack training in law and most lawyers are not knowledgeable enough about history--delivers a fascinating, often jolting interpretation. . . . Brilliant insights into America's founding document."-- Kirkus (starred review), "Some see history as a series of separate events. Amar knows, and demonstrates brilliantly, that history overlaps itself, that at each stage we must find (or invent) a usable past from which to shove ourselves into the featureless future. How does one present such a complex back-and-forth use of the past to escape the past? This book shows how."-- Garry Wills, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg, "This masterpiece of a book reveals Akhil Amar to be the greatest constitutional historian of his generation. He brilliantly shows, for example, how George Washington got everything he wanted at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, while geniuses like Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, and Franklin all came up short. This book will be the canonical account of the birth of our Constitution and our early years as a nation for decades to come."-- Steven Gow Calabresi, Clayton J. & Henry R. Barber Professor, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, "Without princes or priests to impose it from above, America's Constitution evolved from an ongoing public conversation. In this timely and illuminating volume, constitutional historian Akhil Amar superbly unpacks the meaning of those words that continue to matter from the founding era. Highly recommended."-- Edward J. Larson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Summer for the Gods, "Akhil Amar, one of America's greatest constitutional teachers, has written one of America's greatest constitutional histories. Amar's unique brilliance as a constitutional lawyer and historian combine to create a riveting narrative history of the American idea that will illuminate and inspire readers for generations to come."-- Jeffrey Rosen, President & CEO, National Constitution Center, "Amar's expert knowledge of the Constitution does not inhibit his ability as a wordsmith to tell this story in a manner that honors the complexity of the story and remains accessible to a broad range of readers. Every patriotic American should read this fascinating history in order to better understand our founding document (The Constitution) and the history that led our ancestors to wage war against England and then against the naysayers who were opposed to the development of a strong central government."-- Roanoke Times, "Akhil Amar masterfully tracks eighty years of words (and images)--urgent, sometimes angry, but always to the point. When lawless mobs, cheered by reckless pols, roam city streets and Capitol hallways, understanding our founding conversation is more important than ever."-- Richard Brookhiser, author of Give Me Liberty: A History of America's Exceptional Idea
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
342.73029
Synopsis
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. But ratification hardly ended the conversation. For the next half century, ordinary Americans and statesmen alike continued to wrestle with weighty questions in the halls of government and in the pages of newspapers. Should the nation's borders be expanded? Should America allow slavery to spread westward? What rights should Indian nations hold? What was the proper role of the judicial branch? In The Words that Made Us, Akhil Reed Amar unites history and law in a vivid narrative of the biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted, and he expertly assesses the answers they offered. His account of the document's origins and consolidation is a guide for anyone seeking to properly understand America's Constitution today., When the US Constitution won widespread popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of decades of passionate argument about legal and political first principles-a furious debate over the nature of government and the rights and duties of citizens that boiled over into Revolution. But ratification hardly ended America's constitutional conversation. For the next fifty years, both ordinary Americans and statesmen like George Washington, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson continued to wrestle with weighty constitutional questions, from the halls of government to the pages of newspapers. Should the nation's borders be pushed beyond its original footprint? Should America allow slavery to spread westward? Where did Indian tribes fit into the picture? Women? Free blacks? What rule should the Constitution's then-weakest branch, led for more than thirty years by Chief Justice John Marshall, play in these resolving such questions? In The Words That Made Us , celebrated Constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar tells the story of America's constitutional conversation during its first eighty years-from its birth in 1760 through the 1830s, when the last of America's early leaders died and bequeathed this boisterous and sophisticated conversation to posterity. Amar traces the threads of Constitutional discourse, uniting history and law in a vivid and sweeping narrative that seeks both to reveal this history anew and to make clear who was right and who was wrong on the biggest legal issues confronting early America. Without proper popular understanding of the Constitution, America and the world suffer. In The Words That Made Us , Amar offers an essential history of the Constitution's formative decades and an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to understand America's Constitution and its relevance today.
LC Classification Number
KF4541.A878 2021
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Not a rehash of other works. This is a fresh perspective on the creation of the US Constitution.
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