{"product_id":"the-peoples-constitution-john-f-kowal-9781620975619","title":"The People's Constitution: 200 Years, 27 Amendments, and the Promise of a More Perfect Union","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe 233-year story of how the American people have taken an imperfect constitution--the product of compromises and an artifact of its time--and made it more democratic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho wrote the Constitution? That's obvious, we think: fifty-five men in Philadelphia in 1787. But much of the Constitution was actually written later, in a series of twenty-seven amendments enacted over the course of two centuries. The real history of the Constitution is the astonishing story of how subsequent generations have reshaped our founding document amid some of the most colorful, contested, and controversial battles in American political life. It's a story of how We the People have improved our government's structure and expanded the scope of our democracy during eras of transformational social change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003ePeople's Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e is an elegant, sobering, and masterly account of the evolution of American democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the addition of the Bill of Rights, a promise made to save the Constitution from near certain defeat, to the post-Civil War battle over the Fourteenth Amendment, from the rise and fall of the \"noble experiment\" of Prohibition to the defeat and resurgence of an Equal Rights Amendment a century in the making, \u003cem\u003eThe People's Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book of its kind: a vital guide to America's national charter, and an alternative history of the continuing struggle to realize the Framers' promise of a more perfect union.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John F. Kowal, Wilfred U. Codrington III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620975610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620975619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 5.98w x 1.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/13\/2021 pg. 1","brand":"John F. Kowal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053790261503,"sku":"9781620975619","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6cea48f9-bc87-405d-89f1-461d408b4943.jpg?v=1685026281","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-peoples-constitution-john-f-kowal-9781620975619","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}