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Our Constitution : the myth that binds us / Eric Black.

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xiii, 173, [3] pages; 22 cm

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Contents

Introduction -- pt. 1. The founding -- 1. Shay's Rebellion or Why the framers framed -- 2. A neglected source of the Union -- 3. A little guy named Madison -- 4. What was the framers' vision? -- 5. The man on the $10 bill -- 6. The roads not taken -- 7. Ratification by hook and by crook -- 8. Slavery versus the blessings of liberty -- 9. Democracy and the framers -- 10. Matriculating at the electoral college -- 11. 1787 in context -- 12. Marbury, Madison and Marshall -- pt. 2. The Bill of Rights -- 13. The framers against the Bill of Rights -- 14. Politics and the birth of the Bill of Rights -- 15. The Bill of Rights' century of slumber -- 16. The second Constitution -- 17. What does a guy have to do to get impeached around here? -- 18. The rights come to life.
pt. 3. Left out of the Constitution -- 19. Indians : a trail of tears -- 20. Blacks : from Plessy to Brown -- 21. Women : almost equal rights -- 22. Japanese-American : justice for all? -- pt. 4. The Constitution in our times -- 23. Contragate and the Constitution -- 24. At war against the Constitution -- 25. The drive for a new convention -- 26. The Constitution under strain -- 27. The right to be left alone -- 28. The myth of original intent -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

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87030259

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Harvard Library