Power and liberty : constitutionalism in the American revolution

著者

• Wood, Gordon S.

書誌事項

Power and liberty : constitutionalism in the American revolution

Gordon S. Wood

Oxford University Press, c2021

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood elucidates the debates over the founding documents of the United States. The half century extending from the imperial crisis between Britain and its colonies in the 1760s to the early decades of the new republic of the United States was the greatest and most creative era of constitutionalism in American history, and perhaps in the world. During these decades, Americans explored and debated all aspects of politics and constitutionalism-the nature of power, liberty, representation, rights, the division of authority between different spheres of government, sovereignty, judicial authority, and written constitutions. The results of these issues produced institutions that have lasted for over two centuries. In this new book, eminent historian Gordon S. Wood distills a lifetime of work on constitutional innovations during the Revolutionary era. In concise form, he illuminates critical events in the nation's founding, ranging from the imperial debate that led to the Declaration of Independence to the revolutionary state constitution making in 1776 and the creation of the Federal Constitution in 1787. Among other topics, he discusses slavery and constitutionalism, the emergence of the judiciary as one of the major tripartite institutions of government, the demarcation between public and private, and the formation of states' rights. Here is an immensely readable synthesis of the key era in the making of the history of the United States, presenting timely insights on the Constitution and the nation's foundational legal and political documents.

目次

Acknowledgments Introduction Ch 1. The Imperial Debate Ch. 2 State Constitution-Making Ch. 3 The Crisis of the 1780s Ch. 4 The Federal Constitution Ch. 5 Slavery and Constitutionalism Ch. 6 The Emergence of the Judiciary Ch. 7 The Great Demarcation Between Public and Private Epilogue Notes Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BC09971787
• ISBN:
  • 9780197546918
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York, N.Y.
• ページ数/冊数: x, 228 p.
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 分類:
  • DC23 : 342.73029
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Constitutional history -- United States -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Constitutional history -- United States -- 18th century.GBC1F2519