Crucible of Liberty - Softcover

Arsenault, Raymond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0029010551 ISBN 13: 9780029010556

Publisher: Free Press, 1991

Synopsis

The adoption of the Bill of Rights in 1791 marked the creation of a uniquely innovative mechanism for constitutional change by which Americans have continued to renew and redefine their governance over a two-hundred-year period. Now, in time for the bicentennial celebration of this great document, seven distinguished scholars combine their expertise to explore the history and contemporary meaning of these first ten amendments to the Constitution.

About this title

About the Author:

Raymond Arsenault is the John Hope Franklin Professor of Southern History at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. One of the nation’s leading civil rights historians, he is the author of several acclaimed and prize-winning books, including Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice and The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America.

From Library Journal:

This collection of essays by historians and a journalist, timed to coincide with the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights, reviews the history of civil rights in America. The essays focus primarily on the 20th century--six of the eight essays address that period directly, and one considers the use of history in contemporary constitutional interpretation. However, altogether the essays cover a scant 128 pages of the volume, the remainder consisting of the Consitution, an extended chronology of cases (most of which are not discussed in the text), and a bibliography. The essays themselves provide a superficial overview of the historical record but offer no new insights. An optional purchase.
- G. Alan Tarr, Rutgers Univ., Camden, N.J.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0029010551
• ISBN 13: 9780029010556
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224