The Civil Rights Revolution carries Bruce Ackerman's sweeping reinterpretation of constitutional history into the era beginning with Brown v. Board of Education. From Rosa Parks's courageous defiance, to Martin Luther King's resounding cadences in "I Have a Dream," to Lyndon Joh…
"The book is carefully organized and well written, and it deals with a question that is still of great importance--what is the relationship of the Bill of Rights to the states."--Journal of American History"Curtis effectively settles a serious legal debate: whether the framers o…
Discusses the school reform initiative "First Amendment Schools: Educating for Freedom and Responsibility"; identifies issues schools should consider when attempting to create First Amendment schools in which students, teachers, parents, administrators, and community members hav…
Publisher Fact Sheet Aleading scholar of constitutional law delivers an incisive & brilliant new account of the Bill of Rights & explodes conventional wisdom about our most basic charter of liberty. Akhil Reed Amar not only illuminates the text, structure, & history of the 1789 …
A leading scholar of constitutional law delivers an incisive and brilliant new account of the Bill of Rights and explodes conventional wisdom about our most basic charter of liberty.
The dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years.
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by Armentrout, David, Armentrout, Patricia
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Presents a discussion of the history of the U.S. Constitution and its importance to the nation, and discusses the first settlements, the Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights.