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The Bill of Rights : the fight to secure America's liberties / Carol Berkin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berkin, Carol, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Constitution--1st-10th Amendments.
- United States.
- Civil rights--United States--History.
- Civil rights.
- History.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Madison, James, 1751-1836.
- Madison, James.
- Constitution (United States).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 259 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Pre-publication subtitle: James Madison and the politics of the people's parchment barrier
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
- Summary:
- Describes how the Bill of Rights came into existence, detailing how the Founders argued over the contents of the document, reflecting an ideological divide between the power of the federal versus state governments that still exists to this day.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476743790
- 1476743797
- 9781476743806
- 1476743800
- OCLC:
- 876370954
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