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Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Readers will easily grasp the foundations and purposes of the U.S. Constitution-and the critical importance and implications of its amendments-through a series of questions and answers about constitutional topics. The work proceeds logically, covering each article, section, and amendment, explaining how each constitutional change over history affects earlier parts of the document. Created as an approachable, introductory book for high school and...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Based on prodigious research and told largely through the voices of the participants, Michael Klarman's The Framers' Coup narrates how the Framers' clashing interests shaped the Constitution--and American history itself. Not only does Klarman capture the knife's-edge atmosphere of the convention, he populates his narrative with riveting and colorful stories. The Framers' Coup is more than a compendium of great stories, however, and the...
3) Democracy reborn: the Fourteenth Amendment and the fight for equal rights in post-Civil War America
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Describes the fierce battle that erupted in post-Civil War America over the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, the implications of the revolutionary addition to the U.S. Constitution, and the colorful cast of characters involved--including Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, Frederick Douglass, and Susan B. Anthony.
"The last battle of the Civil War wasn't fought at Appomattox by dashing generals or young soldiers but by middle-aged men in frock...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
"Americans of late have taken to waving the Constitution in the air and proclaiming, 'The founders were on MY side! See, it's all right here!' But these phantom constitutions bear little relation to the historical one. By entering the world of the Constitution's framers, and experiencing it one day after the next as they did, Ray Raphael helps us understand how and why they created the document they did. Casting aside preconceptions and commonly held...
Author
Series
Publisher
Alpha, a member of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Constitution of the United States, discussing topics such as its history and formation, the significance of the Bill of Rights and other amendments, and how it has been interpreted in the past and present.
Author
Publisher
Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A review of Douglass's ideas about free labor and constitutional liberty in order to understand the origins and meanings of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, each of which grew out of the anti-slavery movement that Douglass did so much to shape"--
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press,an imprint of Renguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Former Senator Gary Hart's 'The Republic of Conscience' is a meditation on the growing gap between the founding principles of the United States Constitution and our current political landscape"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Beginning with the debates over judicial power in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to controversial rulings on slavery, racial segregation, free speech, school prayer, abortion, and gay rights, constitutional scholar Peter Irons offers a penetrating look at the highest court in the land. Here are revealing sketches of every justice from John Jay to Samuel Alito, as well as portraits of such legal giants as John Marshall, Oliver Wendell Holmes,...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Whatever your party affiliation or politics, your beliefs need to start with an understanding of the Constitution, the 1789 document on which our government is based. Why are there three branches of government? What is executive privelege? What is meant by the Bill of Rights? This insightful guide answers these important questions and many others. It couldn't be more necessary and relevant in these complicated times. Includes the complete text of...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The nationally syndicated conservative talk radio host discusses how we can fix our "broken" government.
"The long-awaited new book on how to fix our broken government by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Liberty and Tyranny and Ameritopia"--
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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The Library Director’s 2020 Book List Continued
Women's History Month
Women's Suffrage
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Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, twelve have rejected or refused to vote, and one last state is needed. It all comes down to Tennessee, the moment of truth for the suffragists, after a seven-decade crusade. The opposing forces include politicians with careers at stake, liquor companies, railroad magnates, and a lot of racists who don't want black women voting. And then there are the "Antis"--women...
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Using actual case histories of innocent men and women exonerated after decades in prison because of information they voluntarily gave to police, Professor Duane demonstrates the critical importance of a constitutional right not well or widely understood by the average American. Reflecting the most recent attitudes of the Supreme Court, Professor Duane argues that it is now even easier for police to use your own words against you. This lively and...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
""A masterpiece. . . . Farah Jasmine Griffin's magical words enchant and empower us like those of her towering heroes." -Cornel West. Farah Jasmine Griffin's beloved father died when she was nine, bequeathing her an unparalleled inheritance in closets full of remarkable books and other records of Black genius. In Read Until You understand-a line from a note he wrote to her-she shares a lifetime of discoveries: the ideas that framed the United States...
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