The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840

by Akhil Reed Amar

Book Overview

A history of the American Constitution's formative decades from a preeminent legal scholar
When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But ratification hardly ended the conversation. For the next half century, ordinary Americans and statesmen alike continued to wrestle with weighty questions in the halls of government and in the pages...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465096352
• ISBN13: 9780465096350
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.1" x 9.4"