Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution

Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
Author(s)	Jack N. Rakove
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Knopf
Publication date	1996
Pages	455
ISBN	ISBN 978-0394578583

Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution is a non-fiction book authored by Jack N. Rakove and published on March 25, 1996 in hardcover by Knopf and on May 26, 1997 by Vintage Books in paperback. Rakove investigates the meaning of the United States Constitution in modern-day society and political topics. It won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for History.^[1]

References

1. ^ "The 1997 Pulitzer Prize Winners: History". The Pulitzer Prizes. Columbia University. http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/1997-History. Retrieved 2011-03-05. 

External links

• Booknotes interview with Rakove on Original Meanings, July 6, 1997"

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