An edition of Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (1996)

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Jack N. Rakove
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An edition of Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (1996)

Original Meanings

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What did the U.S. Constitution originally mean, and who has comprehended its meaning best? Jack Rakove, professor of history at Stanford University, now approaches the debates surrounding the framing and ratification of the Constitution from the vantage point of history, examining the personal influences the various framers, especially James Madison, exerted over the process.From the Hardcover edition.

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Constitutional history, Constitutional law, Interpretation and construction, History, Nonfiction, Grondwetten, Betekenis, Ontstaansgeschiedenis, Politieke aspecten, Verfassungsauslegung, Geschichte, USA, Verfassung (1787), Constitutional law, united states, Constitutional history, united states

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Cover of: Original Meanings
Original Meanings
2010, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
E-book in English
Cover of: Original Meanings
Original Meanings
June 7, 1999, Random House Value Publishing
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Original Meanings
Original Meanings
May 13, 1998, Random House Value Publishing
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Original meanings
Original meanings: politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution
1997, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
Cover of: Original Meanings
Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
May 27, 1997, Vintage
Paperback in English - 1st Vintage Books Ed edition
Cover of: Original meanings
Original meanings: politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution
1996, A.A. Knopf
in English - 1st ed.

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OL24287618M
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9780307434517
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649066435
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THE INFANT PERIODS of most nations are buried in silence, or veiled in fable," James Madison observed in July 1819; "and perhaps the world may have lost but little which it need regret."
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December 13, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Updated format 'eBook' to 'E-book'; Removed author from Edition (author found in Work)
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