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008			170815s2018 nyu b 001 0ceng
010			_a2017039034
020			_a9781594039850 (hardback : alk. paper)
020			_a1594039852 (hardback : alk. paper)
035			_a(SKY)sky289782700
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050	0	0	_aKF4550 _b.T37 2018
082	0	0	_a342.73 _223
100	1		_aTartakovsky, Joseph, _d1981-
245	1	4	_aThe lives of the constitution : _bten exceptional minds that shaped America's supreme law / _cby Joseph Tartakovsky.
263			_a1804.
264		1	_aNew York : _bEncounter Books, _c2018.
300			_a299 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aOverture : the Constitution's third century -- Builders (1765-1804) -- Fighters (1814-1897) -- Interlude from abroad (1835-1888) -- Dreamers (1885-1931) -- Finale : The experiment endures.
520			_a"[This book] tells the{u2026} story of our Constitution through the eyes of ten extraordinary individuals{u2014} some renowned, like Alexander Hamilton and Woodrow Wilson, and some forgotten, like James Wilson and Ida B. Wells-Barnett. [The author] brings to life their struggles over our supreme law from its origins in revolutionary America to the era of Obama and Trump. Sweeping from settings as diverse as Gold Rush California to the halls of Congress, and crowded with a vivid Dickensian cast, [the author] shows how America's unique constitutional culture grapples with questions like democracy, racial and sexual equality, free speech, economic liberty, and the role of government. [The author] chronicles how Daniel Webster sought to avert the Civil War; how Alexis de Tocqueville misunderstood America; how Robert Jackson balanced liberty and order in the battle against Nazism and Communism; and how Antonin Scalia died warning Americans about the ever-growing reach of the Supreme Court. From the 1787 Philadelphia Convention to the clash over gay marriage, this is a grand tour through two centuries of constitutional history as never told before, and an education in the principles that sustain America in the most astonishing experiment in government ever undertaken." -- _cDescription provided by publisher.
650		0	_aConstitutional law _zUnited States.
650		0	_aConstitutional history _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _xHistory.
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