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Our secret constitution [electronic resource] : how Lincoln redefined American democracy / George P. Fletcher.
Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2001Description: 1 online resource (xi, 292 p.).ISBN: 9780199872169 (ebook) :; 0199872163 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views
| United States. Constitution. 13-15th amendments | Constitutional history -- United States | Constitutional amendments -- United States | Democracy -- United States -- History | United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865Additional Physical Form: Print version 9780195156287DDC classification: 320.1'0973'09034 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Americans hate and distrust their government, but, at the same time, love and trust their government. These contradictory attitudes are resolved by Fletcher's novel interpretation of constitutional history. He says that the US has 2 constitutions - one catering to freedom and fear, the other to the need for security and social justice.
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Americans hate and distrust their government, but, at the same time, love and trust their government. These contradictory attitudes are resolved by Fletcher's novel interpretation of constitutional history. He says that the US has 2 constitutions - one catering to freedom and fear, the other to the need for security and social justice.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.