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_b.R137 1997
100 _aRakove, Jack N.,
_d-1947
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245 0 _aOriginal meanings :
_bpolitics and ideas in the making of the Constitution /
_cJack N. Rakove.
260 _aNew York :
_bAlfred A. Knopf,
_c1997, c1996.
300 _axvi, 439 p.
_c25 cm.
500 _aThis is a Borzoi book.--T.p. verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [371]-420) and index.
520 _aFrom 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
650 _aConstitutional history
_zUnited States.
_9107622
650 _aConstitutional law
_zUnited States
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