The people's constitution : 200 years, 27 amendments, and the promise of a more perfect union / John F. Kowal and Wilfred U. Codrington III.

Author: Kowal, John F. author.

Imprint:2021

Physical Description:458 pages ; 24 cm

Note:Introduction -- An imperfect Constitution -- The Founding Era Amendments (1789-1804) -- The Reconstruction Era Amendments (1865-1870) -- The Progressive Era Amendments (1909-1920) -- The New Deal : and the amending wave that wasn't -- The Civil Rights Era Amendments (1960-1971) -- The 1970s : and the rights revolution that wasn't -- The Era of Conservative Amendment Politics -- The people's Constitution.

Note:"The 233-year story of how the American people have taken an imperfect constitution-the product of compromises and an artifact of its time-and made it more democratic"-- Provided by publisher.

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