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Unruly Americans and the origins of the Constitution

text Unruly Americans and the origins of the Constitution

Summary

Examines the original intent behind the writing of the Constitution and how it was shaped by the reactions, occasionally violent ones, of citizens to include a protection of civil liberties and the freedom of the people.

Contents
Bricks without straw : grievances -- The fault is all your own : rebuttals -- To relieve the distressed : demands -- Save the people : requisition -- Who will call this justice? : quarrels -- Idle drones: economics -- The fate of republican govt :... Read more
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Description
xi, 370 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher
Hill and Wang 2007

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 342.7302 HOL in Adult Non-fiction Available

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