America's Constitution : (Record no. 6575)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2004061464
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International Standard Book Number 1400062624
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International Standard Book Number 9781400062621
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International Standard Book Number 9780812972726
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International Standard Book Number 0812972724
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Standard number or code 9781400062621
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System control number (OCoLC)57170135
Canceled/invalid control number (OCoLC)815894696
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Classification number KF4541
Item number .A87 2005
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Classification number KF4541
Item number A73
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 342.7302/9
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Classification number 342.7302
Item number Am485a
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Classification number 342.7302 A485a
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Amar, Akhil Reed.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title America's Constitution :
Remainder of title a biography /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Akhil Reed Amar.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Random House,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.
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Extent xii, 657 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 25 cm
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Carrier type term volume
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504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note In the beginning -- New rules for a new world -- Congressional powers -- America's first officer -- Presidential powers -- Judges and juries -- States and territories -- The law of the land -- Making amends -- A new birth of freedom -- Progressive reforms -- Modern moves.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. A Yale Law School professor offers a thought-provoking analysis of the history and tenets of the U.S. Constitution, detailing the original intent of the creators of the document, answering questions about the text, and critically assessing the evolution of the Bill of Rights and all other amendments. In America's Constitution, one of this era's most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the world's great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this "biography" of America's framing document explains not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution says it. We all know this much: the Constitution is neither immutable nor perfect. Amar shows us how the story of this one relatively compact document reflects the story of America more generally. (For example, much of the Constitution, including the glorious-sounding "We the People," was lifted from existing American legal texts, including early state constitutions.) In short, the Constitution was as much a product of its environment as it was a product of its individual creators' inspired genius. Despite the Constitution's flaws, its role in guiding our republic has been nothing short of amazing. Skillfully placing the document in the context of late-eighteenth-century American politics, America's Constitution explains, for instance, whether there is anything in the Constitution that is unamendable; the reason America adopted an electoral college; why a president must be at least thirty-five years old; and why-for now, at least-only those citizens who were born under the American flag can become president. From his unique perspective, Amar also gives us unconventional wisdom about the Constitution and its significance throughout the nation's history. For one thing, we see that the Constitution has been far more democratic than is conventionally understood. Even though the document was drafted by white landholders, a remarkably large number of citizens (by the standards of 1787) were allowed to vote up or down on it, and the document's later amendments eventually extended the vote to virtually all Americans. We also learn that the Founders' Constitution was far more slavocratic than many would acknowledge: the "three fifths" clause gave the South extra political clout for every slave it owned or acquired. As a result, slaveholding Virginians held the presidency all but four of the Republic's first thirty-six years, and proslavery forces eventually came to dominate much of the federal government prior to Lincoln's election. Ambitious, even-handed, eminently accessible, and often surprising, America's Constitution is an indispensable work, bound to become a standard reference for any student of history and all citizens of the United States.
586 ## - AWARDS NOTE
Awards note Winner of the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Constitutional history
Geographic subdivision United States.
651 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name
General subdivision Histoire constitutionnelle.
651 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name
General subdivision Histoire constitutionnelle.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Constitutional history.
Source of heading or term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst00875777
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States.
Source of heading or term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01204155
610 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element USA.
Title of a work Verfassung.
Date of a work 1787.
Authority record control number or standard number (DE-588)4133001-8
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Grondwetten.
Source of heading or term gtt
630 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Verfassung <1787>
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650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Verfassungsrecht.
Source of heading or term swd
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name USA.
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648 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM
Chronological term Geschichte.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Online version:
Main entry heading Amar, Akhil Reed.
Title America's Constitution.
Edition 1st ed.
Place, publisher, and date of publication
Record control number (OCoLC)607615050
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