The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
1 July 1998
Summary
Together in one book, the two most important documents in United States history—the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, along with the Bill of Rights and successive constitutional amendments.
With an introduction by Pauline Maier, a renowned scholar of the American Revolution.
The Declaration of Independence was the promise of a representative government; the Constitution was the fulfillment of that promise. On July 4, 1776, the Second Contin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553214826 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0553214829 |
| Author: | Pauline Maier |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Edition: | 1998th |
| Release Date: | 1 July 1998 |
| Weight: | 68g |
| Dimensions: | 174mm x 106mm x 8mm |
About The Author
Pauline Maier
Pauline Maier was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. She received her BA from Radcliffe College in 1960, was a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of Economics in 1960-61, and took her PhD at Harvard University in 1968. She taught at Harvard, the University of Massachusetts (Boston), University of Wisconsin, Yale University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where was a William R. Kenan Jr Professor of American History. She was the author of From Resistance to Revolution, The Old Revolutionaries, and The American People- A History (a single-authored text for junior high school), as well as numerous other articles and reviews. She died in 2013.
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