Synopsis
IN HIS NEW BOOK, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen examines the cultural impact on the United States of its Constitution—its place in the public consciousness and its role as a symbol in American life—from ratification in 1788 to our own time. Exploring what the Constitution has meant to the American people (perceptions and misperceptions, uses and s, knowledge and ignorance), he shows that a glaring discrepancy exists between the recurrent declarations of reference for our American "Ark of the Covenant" and the fact that most of us neither know nor fully understand it.
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Michael Kammen's brilliant book is the most helpful contribution to the emerging Bicentennial [of the federal Constitution of 1787] thus far because it demythologizes the Constitution in a responsible manner.... This is a very important book - Stanley N. Katz, Washington Post ""Michael Kammen has focused his vast learning and erudition on the cultural impact of the American Constitution. The result is unique, refreshing, and highly rewarding."" - Stanley I. Kutler, American Historical Review
About the Author
Michael Kammen is the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University. His books include Spheres of Liberty: Changing Perceptions of Liberty in American Culture and A Season of Youth: The American Revolution and the Historical Imagination. He was awarded the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization.
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