Constitutional history - United States
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The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America
$19.95 Read more“Hartmann delivers a full-throated indictment of the U.S. Supreme Court in this punchy polemic.” —Publishers Weekly
Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America and a New York Ti- Series: Thom Hartmann Hidden History #2
- Author: Hartmann, Thom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1523085940
- Language: English
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A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution
$26.95 Add to cart2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
In this timely and provocative book, Damon Root reveals how Frederick Douglass’s fight for an antislavery Constitution helped to shape the course of American hi- Author: Root, Damon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1640122354
- Language: English
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Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution
$28.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood elucidates the debates over the founding documents of the United States.
The half century extending from the imperial crisis- Author: Wood, Gordon S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0197546919
- Language: English
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The Constitutional Convention: A Narrative History from the Notes of James Madison
$22.00 Add to cartIn 1787, the American union was in disarray. The incompatible demands of the separate states threatened its existence; some states were even in danger of turning into the kind of tyranny they had so r… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Madison, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 08 2005
- ISBN10: 0812975170
- Language: English
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The Federalist Papers
$15.95 Add to cartThe Federalist Papers–85 essays published in the winter of 1787-8 in the New York press–are some of the most crucial and defining documents in American political history, laying out the principles t… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Hamilton, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: December 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0192805924
- Language: English
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America’s Constitution: A Biography
$25.00 Add to cartIn America’s Constitution, one of this era’s most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the world’s great political texts. Incisive… [more below]
- Author: Amar, Akhil Reed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: September 12 2006
- ISBN10: 0812972724
- Language: English
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The Handy Supreme Court Answer Book: The History and Issues Explained
$79.95 Add to cartThe U.S. Supreme Court, its decisions, and its nominating process for new justices are often in the news … but are just as often not well understood. Constitutional law professor David L. Hudson, Jr
- Series: Handy Answer Books
- Author: Hudson, David L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1578598230
- Language: English
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Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution
$8.99 Add to cartGo behind the scenes at the Constitutional Convention, thanks to award-winning author Jean Fritz’s words!
This factual gem that’s written with Newbery Honor author Jean Fritz’s humorous touch chronicl- Author: Fritz, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: December 29 1997
- ISBN10: 0698116240
- Language: English
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The Federalist Papers: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
$15.00 Add to cartA selection of nineteen essential essays from The Federalist Papers in their original lengths by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, with notes by Richard Beeman
Penguin presents a series- Series: Penguin Civic Classics #03
- Author: Hamilton, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0143121979
- Language: English
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How to Read the Constitution–And Why
$19.99 Add to cart“A must-read for this era.”–Jake Tapper, CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent
An insightful, urgent, and perennially relevant handbook that lays out in common sense language how the United S
- Series: Legal Expert
- Author: Wehle, Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 25 2019
- ISBN10: 006289630X
- Language: English
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The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates
$8.95 Add to cartThe complete texts of the documents that tell the story of the clashes and compromises that gave birth to the Unites States of America.
Should the members of the government be elected by direct vote o- Author: Ketcham, Ralph
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 06 2003
- ISBN10: 0451528840
- Language: English
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The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThough the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788, its impact on our lives is as recent as today’s news. Claims and counterclaims about the constitutionality of governmental actions are a habit of Ame… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bodenhamer, David J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 18 2018
- ISBN10: 0195378326
- Language: English
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The Federalist Papers
$8.00 Add to cartAn excellent reference for anyone who wants a better understanding of the Constitution, this compilation of eighty-five articles explains and defends the ideals behind the highest form of law in the U… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Hamilton, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 20, 2014
- ISBN10: 0486496368
- Language: English
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The Handy Supreme Court Answer Book: The History and Issues Explained
$32.95 Add to cartThe U.S. Supreme Court, its decisions, and its nominating process for new justices are often in the news … but are just as often not well understood. Constitutional law professor David L. Hudson, Jr
- Series: Handy Answer Books
- Author: Hudson, David L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 9, 2023
- ISBN10: 157859782X
- Language: English
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The Federalist Papers
$8.95 Add to cartA DOCUMENT THAT SHAPED A NATION
An authoritative analysis of the Constitution of the United States and an enduring classic of political philosophy.
Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Jo- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Hamilton, Alexander
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: April 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0451528816
- Language: English
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The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution: A Fully Annotated Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and Amendments, and Selections f
$15.00 Add to cartWhat is the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court really allowed to do? This unique and handy guide includes the documents that guide our government, annotated with accessible explanations from o… [more below]
- Author: Beeman, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 31, 2010
- ISBN10: 0143118102
- Language: English
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What Is the Constitution?
$5.99 Add to cartWe the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story–arguments and all–of how the United States Constitution came into being.
Signed on September 17, 1787–four years after the American War for Ind- Series: What Was?
- Author: Demuth, Patricia Brennan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 19, 2018
- ISBN10: 1524786098
- Language: English
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A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution
$11.99 Add to cartWhen America declared its independence in 1776, the new republic’s journey to become one unified nation had just begun. Here is the unforgettable story of fifty-five Americans and the Constitution the
- Series: American Story the American Story
- Author: Maestro, Betsy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 08, 2008
- ISBN10: 0688101925
- Language: English
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For the People, for the Country: Patrick Henry’s Final Political Battle
$32.95 Add to cartIn 1799, at the behest of President George Washington, Patrick Henry came out of retirement to defend the Constitution that he had once opposed and to thwart Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, whom W
- Author: Ragosta, John A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 0813950228
- Language: English
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The Founders’ Speech to a Nation in Crisis: What the Founders Would Say to America Today
$17.32 Add to cartWith more than 2,000 five-star reviews, readers are raving over The Founders’ Speech to a Nation in Crisis. The passion of the reviewers jumps off the page (“This book nearly made me stand up and chee
- Author: Rabb, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: October 15 2020
- ISBN10: 173581640X
- Language: English
