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A machine that would go of itself: the Constitution in American culture
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictA timely historical survey of American lay thought and attitude toward the Constitution from the 1780s to the present by Pulitzer Prize-winner Kammen ( People of Paradox ). With a mix of reverence and ... Read full review
Contents
| 3 | |
PART | 41 |
All That Gives Us a National Character | 68 |
The Constitution Threatens to Be | 95 |
PART | 125 |
The American and the British Constitution | 156 |
The Crisis in Constitutionalism | 185 |
God Knows How Dearly We Need | 219 |
My God Making a Racket out | 282 |
PART FOUR | 313 |
Our Bill of Rights Is Under | 336 |
The Public Got Strange and Distorted | 357 |
Its What Holds Us All Together | 381 |
Appendix A A Note on the Sources | 403 |
Abbreviations | 411 |
Index | 509 |
Other editions - View all
Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture Michael G. Kammen Limited preview - 1986 |
A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture Russell Fraser Limited preview - 2017 |
A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture Michael G. Kammen Limited preview - 2006 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture |
| Author | Michael G. Kammen |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 1412827760, 9781412827768 |
| Length | 530 pages |
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