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xiv, 217 pages : portraits ; 22 cm. |
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The Bedford series in history and culture |
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Bedford series in history and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-208) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1 Rights in Revolution -- 1 The Seventeenth-Century Background -- English Precedents -- American Precedents -- 2 Puzzles about Rights -- Defining a Right -- The Holders of Rights -- The Threat to Rights -- The Sources of Rights -- The Form and Function of a Declaration of Rights -- The Popularity of Rights-Talk -- 3 The Colonists' Appeal to Rights -- 4 The Legacy of 1689 -- Constraining the King -- 1 Convention Parliament, Declaration of Rights, February 12, 1688 o.s. -- 5 Rights in Resistance -- Challenging the Stamp Act -- 2 Resolutions of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, October 29, 1765 -- Disputing the American Claim -- 3 A Letter from a Gentleman at Halifax (1765) / Martin Howard, Jr. -- Constitutional Rights in the British Tradition -- 4 The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym, January 27, 1766 / John Adams -- Declarations of Rights as Instruments of Negotiation -- 5 Contintental Congress, Declaration and Resolves, October 14, 1774 -- 6 Rights in the First Constitutions -- Constitutions: A New Definition -- 6 Four Letters on Interesting Subjects, 1776 -- Populist Suspicions -- 7 Resolutions of Concord, Massachusetts, October 21, 1776 -- Declaring Rights: The First Models -- 8 Third Draft of a Constitution for Virginia, Part IV, June 1776 / Thomas Jefferson -- 9 Virginia Provincial Convention, Committee Draft of a Declaration of Rights, May 27, 1776 -- 10 Pennsylvania Convention, Declaration of Rights, 1776 -- Massachusetts: A Final Example -- 11 A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1780 -- A Legislative Milestone -- 12 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, 1786 -- Part 2 The Constitution and Rights -- 7 Madison and the Problem of Rights -- 8 Framing the Constitution -- 9 The Basic Positions Stated -- A First Try at Amendments -- 13 Amendments Proposed to Congress, September 27, 1787 / Richard Henry Lee -- A Crucial Federalist Response -- 14 Statehouse Speech, October 6, 1787 / James Wilson -- 10 The Anti-Federalist Case -- The Traditional Position Restated -- 15 Second Essay Opposing the Constitution, November 1, 1787 / Brutus -- Rights and the Education of Citizens -- 16 Federal Farmer, Letter XVI, January 20, 1788 -- 11 The Federalist Position -- Can We Enumerate All Our Rights? -- 17 Speech in the North Carolina Ratification Convention, July 28, 1788 / James Iredell -- 12 Madison and Jefferson: The Classic Exchange -- Defending the Veto -- 18 Letter to Thomas Jefferson, October 24, 1787 / James Madison -- The View From Paris -- 19 Letter to James Madison, December 20, 1787 / Thomas Jefferson -- 20 Letter to James Madison, July 31, 1788 / Thomas Jefferson -- Madison's Response -- 21 Letter to Thomas Jefferson, October 17, 1788 / James Madison -- Jefferson's Common Sense -- 22 Letter to James Madison, March 15, 1789 / Thomas Jefferson -- 13 Framing the Bill of Rights Madison's Statemanship -- 23 Speech to the House of Representatives, June 8, 1789 / James Madison -- Unweaving the Amendments -- 24 U.S. House of the Representatives, Constitutional Amendments Proposed to the Senate, August 24, 1789 -- Editorial Changes -- 25 U.S. Congress, Constitutional Amendments Proposed to the States, September 28, 1789 -- Residual Ambiguities -- Epilogue: After Two Centuries. |
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Civil rights -- United States -- History.
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Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00862627
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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| ISBN |
0312177682 (hardcover) |
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9780312177683 (hardcover) |
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0312137346 (pbk.) |
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9780312137342 (pbk.) |
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