Basic Books is publishing a book
on the formative decades of the American Constitution.
ABOUT THE BOOK
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 of newspapers. Should the nation’s borders be expanded? Should
America allow slavery to spread westward? What rights should Indian nations
hold? What was the proper role of the judicial branch?
In The Words that Made
Us, Akhil Reed Amar unites history and law in a vivid narrative of the
biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted, and he expertly
assesses the answers they offered. His account of the document’s origins and
consolidation is a guide for anyone seeking to properly understand America’s
Constitution today.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Akhil Reed Amar is
the Sterling professor of law and political science at Yale University and the
author of several books on constitutional law and history, including America’s
Constitution: A Biography and America’s Unwritten Constitution.
He lives in Woodbridge, Connecticut.
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