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Peaceful Revolution : Constitutional Change and American Culture from Progressivism to the New Deal /

Although Americans claim to revere the Constitution, relatively few understand its workings. Its real importance for the average citizen is as an enduring reminder of the moral vision that shaped the nation's founding. Yet scholars have paid little attention to the broader appeal that constitut...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bloomfield, Maxwell H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2021]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 The Founders' Constitution and Republican Culture
  • 2 Modern Constitutionalism and Progressive Reform
  • 3 The Selling of War Socialism
  • 4 Constitutional Conservatism in a Decade of Normalcy
  • 5 Symbols of Authority in a Collapsing Economy
  • 6 Imagining a New Constitutional Order
  • 7 Inauguration Day, 1933
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Index