TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fletcher,George P.
TI  - Our secret constitution: how Lincoln redefined American democracy 
SN  - 9780199872169 (ebook) :
AV  - PS3606.L476 
U1  - 320.1'0973'09034 22
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - United States
KW  - Constitution. 13-15th amendments
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - Constitutional amendments
KW  - Democracy
KW  - History
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1861-1865
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/0195156285.001.0001
ER  -