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Creating the Constitution: The People and Events That Formed the Nation(Constitution)

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The Constitution provides the basis for the American system of federalism. It grants certain executive, legislative, and judicial powers to the national or central government, and it reserves to the states those powers not granted to the national government. Above all else, it makes this national government supreme by virtue of the Constitution being the supreme law of the land.

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In the first book, the author goes through the document article by article, first presenting the actual text, then explaining its general meaning. He gives examples from history that demonstrate different interpretations. The descriptions are clear and the examples well chosen. The entire Constitution is repeated at the end of the book; black-and-white portraits, mainly of presidents, are included. The second title is likely to disappoint researchers looking for material on the Constitution's creation. In the first quarter, Weidner covers the Articles of Confederation, the convening and work of the Constitutional Convention, and ratification. The remainder addresses the content of the Bill of Rights, summarizes the other constitutional amendments, explains some of the general concepts expressed in the Constitution, and repeats the text of the Preamble and the Articles. The treatment of the amendments is nicely done as the author groups them thematically rather than chronologically to show the development of ideas over the years. The Constitution's bicentennial produced a spate of excellent books, including Doris and Harold Faber's We the People (Scribner, 1987; o.p.) and Denis J. Hauptly's A Convention of Delegates (Atheneum, 1987; op.). Recent titles include James and Christopher Collier's Creating the Constitution, 1787 (Benchmark, 1998), Joan Banks's The U.S. Constitution (Chelsea, 2001), and Lydia Bjornlund's The U.S. Constitution: Blueprint for Democracy (1999) and The Constitution and the Founding of America (2000, both Lucent). Weidner's volumes should be considered only as supplements to any of these earlier titles., School Library Journal January 2003


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780766019058
  • Publisher: Enslow Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Enslow Publishing
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 112
  • Series Title: Constitution
  • Sub Title: The People and Events That Formed the Nation
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0766019055
  • Publisher Date: 16 Jan 2002
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 354 gr


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