Re-framers : 170 eccentric, visionary, and patriotic proposals to rewrite the U.S. Constitution /

Re-Framers: 170 Eccentric, Visionary, and Patriotic Proposals to Rewrite the U.S. Constitution sets the stage for this review by describing various prequels to the U.S. Constitution and explaining how the final document emerged at the Constitutional Convention. The subsequent chapters examine many p...

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Pengarang Utama: Vile, John R., (Author)
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Bahasa:English
Diterbitkan: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2014]
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-361) and index. 
505 0 |a American Constitutional Prequels -- The Writing and Ratification of the U.S. Constitution and Its Emergence from a Number of Alternatives -- From the Founding Through the Civil War -- From Reconstruction to the Turn of the Century -- Proposals Occasioned by Progressivism and World War I -- Proposals from the Great Depression through World War II and Beyond -- Proposals from the Tumultuous 1960s and 1970s -- The Reagan and George H.W. Bush Years -- The Clinton Years : Approaching a New Century and a New Millennium -- The George W. Bush Years -- The Barack Obama Years -- Constitutional Reform in Cyberspace -- Constitutional Reform and Constitutional Archetypes -- Analysis and Conclusions. 
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