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

Title
Our Constitution : the myth that binds us / Eric Black.
Author
Black, Eric.
Publication
Boulder : Westview Press, 1988.

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Description
xiii, 173, [3] pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • 1787
  • Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787)
  • Constitutional history
  • Constitutional history > United States > Popular works
  • United States
  • United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
Genre/Form
Popular works
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
  • 0813306957
  • 9780813306957
  • 0813306949
  • 9780813306940
  • 0081330695
LCCN
87030259
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library