01782cam a2200325 i 4500 503944248 TxGeo 20210518120000.0 201014s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020046037 9780465096350 hbk. 0465096352 hbk. (OCoLC)1195459078 TxGeo rda Amar, Akhil Reed. The words that made us : America's constitutional conversation, 1760-1840 / Akhil Reed Amar. America's constitutional conversation, 1760-1840. First edition. New York, NY : Basic Books, 2021. xiv, 817 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar tells the story of America's constitutional conversation during its first eighty years--from the Constitution's birth in 1760 through the 1830s, when the last of America's early leaders died. Amar traces the threads of Constitutional discourse, uniting history and law in a narrative that seeks both to reveal this history anew and to make clear who was right and who was wrong on the biggest legal issues confronting early America. Amar provides an essential history of the Constitution's formative decades and an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to understand America's Constitution and its relevance today"-- Provided by publisher. 20210622. Constitutional history United States. Constitutional law United States. QS5