Original Meanings

副标题: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution

ISBN: 9780679781219

出版社: Vintage

出版年: 1997-5

页数: 464

定价: USD 17.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces its complex weave of ideology and interest, showing how this document has meant different things at different times to different groups of Americans.