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The Annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence (Paperback)
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The Annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence (Paperback)
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Here in a newly annotated edition are the two founding documents of
the United States of America: the Declaration of Independence
(1776), our great revolutionary manifesto, and the Constitution
(1787-88), in which "We the People" forged a new nation and built
the framework for our federal republic. Together with the Bill of
Rights and the Civil War amendments, these documents constitute
what James Madison called our "political scriptures" and have come
to define us as a people. Now a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
serves as a guide to these texts, providing historical contexts and
offering interpretive commentary. In an introductory essay written
for the general reader, Jack N. Rakove provides a narrative
political account of how these documents came to be written. In his
commentary on the Declaration of Independence, Rakove sets the
historical context for a fuller appreciation of the important
preamble and the list of charges leveled against the Crown. When he
glosses the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the subsequent
amendments, Rakove once again provides helpful historical
background, targets language that has proven particularly difficult
or controversial, and cites leading Supreme Court cases. A
chronology of events provides a framework for understanding the
road to Philadelphia. The general reader will not find a better,
more helpful guide to our founding documents than Jack N. Rakove.
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