Re-Writing the History of the Constitution: from the miraculous to the political

27/11/2007 1h 2min
Re-Writing the History of the Constitution: from the miraculous to the political

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Contributor(s): Professor Carol Berkin | Was the US constitution the work of confident demigods and innovators or the handiwork of anxious political leaders who relied on longstanding Anglo-American political traditions to save a republican in crisis? Carol Berkin is presidential distinguished professor of history at Baruch College and The Graduate Centre, CUNY.

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