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Barcode30053003807321
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No342.73029 AMAR
Title Born equal : remaking America's Constitution, 1840-1920 / Akhil Reed Amar.
Author Amar, Akhil Reed author.
CollectionNEW: Adult 300-399
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003807321342.73029 AMAR10/17/2025 Available

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Personal Name Amar, Akhil Reed author.
Title Statement Born equal : remaking America's Constitution, 1840-1920 / Akhil Reed Amar.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Basic Books, 2025.
Physical Description 704 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note Pre-war -- War's eve -- Civil War -- Post war -- World war.
Summary, Etc. "In Born Equal, the prizewinning constitutional historian Akhil Reed Amar recounts the dramatic constitutional debates that unfolded across these eight decades, when four glorious amendments abolished slavery, secured Black and female citizenship, and extended suffrage regardless of race or gender. At the heart of this era was the epic and ever-evolving idea that all Americans are created equal. The promise of birth equality sat at the base of the 1776 Declaration of Independence. But in the nineteenth century, remarkable American women and men-especially Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Abraham Lincoln-elaborated a new vision of what this ideal demanded. Their debates played out from Seneca Falls to the halls of Congress, from Bloody Kansas to Gettysburg, from Ford's Theater to the White House gates, ultimately transforming the nation and the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Constitutional history United States
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Suffrage United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Equality before the law United States
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Constitutional amendments United States

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