ISBN: 9781479819911 - american founding son: john bingham and the invention of the fourteenth amendment (8 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A history of the origins of the 14th Amendment and the the man who helped craft it John Bingham was the architect of the rebirth of the United States following the Civil War. A leading antislavery lawyer and congressman from Ohio, Bingham wrote the most important part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees fundamental rights and equality to all Americans. He was also at the center of two of the greatest trials in history, giving the closing argument in the military prosecution of John Wilkes Booth's co-conspirators for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. And more than any other man, Bingham played the key role in shaping the Union's policy towards the occupied ex-Confederate States, with consequences that still haunt our politics. American Founding Son provides the most complete portrait yet of this remarkable statesman. Drawing on his personal letters and speeches, the book traces Bingham's life from his humble roots in Pennsylvania through his career as a leader of the Republican Party. Gerard N. Magliocca argues that Bingham and his congressional colleagues transformed the Constitution that the Founding Fathers created, and did so with the same ingenuity that their forbears used to create a more perfect union in the 1780s. In this book, Magliocca restores Bingham to his rightful place as one of our great leaders.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. pp. 304.

Zustand: New. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431. . 2016. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 295 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnGerard N. Magliocca is the Samuel R. Rosen Professor at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. He is the author of three books on constitutional law, and his work on Andrew Jackson was the subject of a.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. American Founding Son | John Bingham and the Invention of the Fourteenth Amendment | Gerard N Magliocca | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2016 | New York University Press | EAN 9781479819911 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, 4831 GR BREDA, NIEDERLANDE, gpsr[at]mare-nostrum[dot]co[dot]uk | Anbieter: preigu.…