TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rakove, Jack N.,
TI  - Original meanings: politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution 
SN  - 394578589
AV  - KF 4541 .R137 1997
PY  - 1997///, c1996
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - United States
KW  - Constitutional law
N1  - This is a Borzoi book.--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-420) and index
N2  - From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces its complex weave of ideology and interest, showing how this document has meant different things at different times to different groups of Americans. www.alibris.com
ER  -