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Our secret constitution : how Lincoln redefined American democracy /

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...

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Main Author: Fletcher, George P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2001
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
United States. > Constitution. > 13th-15th Amendments.
Constitutional history > United States.
Constitutional amendments > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0195141423
9780195141429
0195156285
9780195156287
0195302656
9780195302653
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Argument for the Secret Constitution
  • 1 Redemption Under Law
  • 2 Radical Gettysburg
  • 3 Nationhood
  • 4 Loyalty and Betrayal
  • 5 Equality
  • 6 The Revolution That Never Was
  • 7 Equality Without Vision
  • 8 A Maxim of Justice: Its Birth and Rebirth
  • 9 The Secret Constitution Resurgent
  • 10 Government as Partner Against the Past
  • 11 Neither Blue Nor Gray
  • Afterword: Election Blues 2000
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • PR
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y

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