Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
A Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the political ideas and debates that shaped the drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution.
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Original Meanings examines the political ideas and debates that shaped the drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution.
Drawing on historical sources, the book explores how the framers understood concepts such as representation, rights, and federalism.
It highlights the contested meanings behind constitutional provisions and the compromises reached during the founding era.
The work situates these developments within the broader political culture of late eighteenth-century America.
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