Our Constitution : the myth that binds us /: the myth that binds us. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eric Black.
• Other Names: Black, Eric
• Contents: Introduction -- The Founding -- Shays’ Rebellion or Why the Framers Framed -- A Neglected Source of the Union -- A Little Guy Named Madison -- What Was the Framers’ Vision? -- The Man on the $10 Bill -- The Roads Not Taken -- Ratification by Hook and by Crook -- Slavery Versus the Blessings of Liberty -- Democracy and the Framers -- Matriculating at the Electoral College -- 1787 in Context -- Marbury, Madison and Marshall -- The Bill of Rights -- The Framers Against the Bill of Rights -- Politics and the Birth of the Bill of Rights -- The Bill of Rights’ Century of Slumber -- The Second Constitution -- What Does a Guy Have to Do to Get Impeached Around Here? -- The Rights Come to Life -- Left Out of the Constitution -- Indians: A Trail of Tears -- Blacks: From Plessy to Brown -- Women: Almost Equal Rights -- Japanese-Americans: Justice for All? -- The Constitution in Our Times -- Contragate and the Constitution -- At War Against the Constitution -- The Drive for a New Convention -- The Constitution Under Strain -- The Right to be Left Alone -- The Myth of Original Intent -- Conclusion
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : ROUTLEDGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 342.73/029; Constitutional history -- United States -- Popular works; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General; Constitutional history; United States; Electronic books; Popular works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1000237389; 9781000237382; 0429300808; 9780429300806; 9781000309263; 1000309266; 9781000273328; 1000273326
• Related ISBNs: 0367282054; 9780367282059
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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