Original Meanings
  • Published: 25 July 1997
  • ISBN: 9780679781219
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $39.99
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Original Meanings

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From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces its complex weave of ideology and interest, showing how this document has meant different things at different times to different groups of Americans.
  • Published: 25 July 1997
  • ISBN: 9780679781219
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $39.99
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Jack N. Rakove

Jack Rakove is Professor of History and American Studies at Stanford University. He is the author of four books; Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1997.