American Constitutionalism Heard Round the World, 1776-1989 : : A Global Perspective / / George Athan Billias.
Winner of the 2010 Book Award from the New England Historical AssociationAmerican constitutionalism represents this country’s greatest gift to human freedom, yet its story remains largely untold. For over two hundred years, its ideals, ideas, and institutions influenced different peoples in differen...
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