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Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution

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Original Meanings

Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution

1st Vintage Books Ed edition
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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.

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Vintage
Language
English
Pages
464

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Original Meanings
2010, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Original Meanings
June 7, 1999, Random House Value Publishing
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May 13, 1998, Random House Value Publishing
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Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
May 27, 1997, Vintage
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Original meanings: politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution
1997, Vintage Books
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Original meanings: politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution
1996, A.A. Knopf
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First Sentence

"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.""

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
464
Dimensions
8 x 5 x 1 inches
Weight
12 ounces

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OL7701268M
ISBN 10
0679781218
ISBN 13
9780679781219
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13616
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232701

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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."
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