Research Catalog

Title

The World Federalist bicentennial reader and study guide : a resource for both students and teachers / compiled by Barbara M. Walker ; [foreword by Norman Cousins].

Publication

Washington, D.C. : World Federalist Association, [1991].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Walker, Barbara M.
• Cousins, Norman.
• World Federalist Association (U.S.)

Description

217 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Series Statement

World federalist reader ; 1

Uniform Title

World federalist reader ; 1.

Alternative Title

• Bicentennial reader and study guide.
• On the bicentennial of the United States Constitution, a message for our times.
• Bicentennial reader and study guide
• On the bicentennial of the United States Constitution, a message for our times

Subject

• Cousins, Norman
• United States
• International organization
• World politics
• Constitutions > United States
• Constitutional history > United States
• Constitutional law > United States

Genre/Form

Festschriften

Note

• "June 1987. Second printing: Feb. 1991."
• "This second edition is dedicated to Norman Cousins ... "
• "A study guide for students and teachers" p. 203-217.
• Cover title: On the bicentennial of the United States Constitution, a message for our times.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-201).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Norman Cousins -- Part I. The making and ratifying of the constitution of the United States, The Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, 1787 -- Part II. The founding fathers -- Part III. The new constitution, pros and cons -- Part IV. Prelude to world federation? -- Part V. Other examples of federalism: some antecedents and successors of the American experience -- Part VI. Federal world government and the United Nations -- Conclusion: Philadelphia '87, the United States Constitution, and world federation.

OCLC

• 28373008
• SCSB-11886023

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library