A People's Charter: The Pursuit of Rights in America

by James MacGregor Burns and S. Burns

Book Overview

Why did the same men who ratified the notion of "unalienable rights" implicitly withhold rights from slaves? Would the framers of the Constitution recognize the right of workers to strike or of women... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394577639
• ISBN13: 9780394577630
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 577 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.7" x 9.4"