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Our secret constitution : how Lincoln redefined American democracy /
Americans hate and distrust their government, but, at the same time, love and trust their government. These contradictory attitudes are resolved by Fletcher's novel interpretation of constitutional history. He says that the US has 2 constitutions - one catering to freedom and fear, the other to...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2001
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: The Argument for the Secret Constitution
- 1 Redemption Under Law
- 2 Radical Gettysburg
- 3 Nationhood
- 4 Loyalty and Betrayal
- 5 Equality
- 6 The Revolution That Never Was
- 7 Equality Without Vision
- 8 A Maxim of Justice: Its Birth and Rebirth
- 9 The Secret Constitution Resurgent
- 10 Government as Partner Against the Past
- 11 Neither Blue Nor Gray
- Afterword: Election Blues 2000
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- PR
- S
- T
- U
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