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The charters of freedom : "a new world is at hand" : based on an exhibition in the National Archives rotunda for the charters of freedom / Stacey Bredhoff ; with a foreword by John W. Carlin.

Title
The charters of freedom : "a new world is at hand" : based on an exhibition in the National Archives rotunda for the charters of freedom / Stacey Bredhoff ; with a foreword by John W. Carlin.
Author
Bredhoff, Stacey.
Publication
Washington, DC : The Foundation for the National Archives in assocation with D Giles Limited, c2004.

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Additional Authors
  • National Archives (U.S.)
  • Foundation for the National Archives.
Description
95 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 27 cm.
Alternative Title
  • New world is at hand.
  • New world is at hand
Subject
  • National Archives (U.S.) > Exhibitions
  • United States. > Exhibitions
  • United States > Constitution > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Note
  • "The exhibition, 'A new world is at hand,' opened in the rotunda of the National Archives building on September 17, 2003. The documents flanking the permanent display of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights are changed periodically in the interest of their long-term preservation."--P. [7].
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
From loyal subjects to traitorous rebels -- a royal proclamation -- Courage of the founders -- the perilous road to independence -- spirit of the revolution -- the Declaration of Independence -- first constitution -- the Articles of Confederation -- Slavery and the American Revolution -- voices of protest -- Constitutional Convention -- creating the constitution -- Bill of Rights -- the first ten amendments to the Constitution -- charters of freedom -- power of the courts -- Marbury v. Madison -- Westward expansion -- the Louisiana Purchase -- Civil War -- the union sealed in blood -- end of slavery in the United States -- the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth amendment -- United States as a beacon of liberty -- immigration -- Expansion of rights and liberties -- the right of suffrage -- Global impact of the charters of freedom.
ISBN
  • 0975860100
  • 1904832024
OCLC
57359679
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library