Crucible of Liberty: 200 Years of the Bill of Rights

ISBN-13: 9780029010556 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 224 str.

Raymond Arsenault

Opis

Seven scholars - Kermit Hall, John Hope Franklin, Samual Walker, Stephen J. Whitfield, Paul Murphy, David Bodenhamer and James W. Carey - explore the history and contemporary meaning of the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.

The adoption of the Bill of Rights in 1791 marked the creation of a uniquely innovative mechanism for constitutional change by which Americans have continued to renew and redefine their governance over a two-hundred-year period. Now, in time for the bicentennial celebration of this great document, seven distinguished scholars combine their expertise to explore the history and contemporary meaning of these first ten amendments to the Constitution.