The Origins of the American Constitution
A Documentary History
$42.75
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
4 November 1986
Summary
The complete story of the American Constitution, told in the words of those who created it.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen has gathered together the fundamental documents needed to understand the genesis and evolution of the United States Constitution—from the exploratory notions concerning the nature of constitutions in 1776, the Articles of Confederation in 1777, and various constitutional plans proposed at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787, to the advocacy positi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140087444 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140087443 |
| Author: | Michael Kammen |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 4 November 1986 |
| Weight: | 359g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 129mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Michael Kammen
MICHAEL KAMMEN, the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University, was a president of the Organization of American Historians. He was the author or editor of numerous works, including People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization, which won the Pulitzer Prize for History, and A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture, awarded the Francis Parkman Prize and the Henry Adams Prize. Kammen lectured throughout the world. He died in 2013.
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