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Author Kowal, John F., author.

Title The people's constitution : 200 years, 27 amendments, and the promise of a more perfect union / John F. Kowal and Wilfred U. Codrington III.

Publication Info. New York : The New Press, [2021]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2048917~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  342.7302 KOW    AVAILABLE
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Description viii, 458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-432) and index.
Contents An imperfect Constitution -- The Founding Era Amendments (1789-1804) -- The Reconstruction Era Amendments (1865-1870) -- The Progressive Era Amendments (1909-1920) -- The New Deal--and the amending wave that wasn't -- The Civil Rights Era Amendments (1960-1971) -- The 1970s--and the rights revolution that wasn't -- The Era of Conservative Amendment Politics -- The people's Constitution.
Summary "The 233-year story of how the American people have taken an imperfect constitution-the product of compromises and an artifact of its time-and made it more democratic"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Constitutional history -- United States.
Constitutional amendments -- United States -- History.
Added Author Codrington, Wilfred U., III, author.
ISBN 9781620975619 (hardcover)
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