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The Words That Made Us

America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
  • Akhil Reed Amar
2021
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  • Portrait of George Washington, surrounded by portraits of other important founders.
    Book Review

    The Real Authors of the Founding

    Americans must live up to “the words that made us.”
    by Brenda M. Hafera via Modern Age
    This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
    on June 5, 2026
  • Front cover of the "Words That Made Us."
    Book Review

    Context and Consequences

    On Akhil Reed Amar’s “The Words That Made Us,” a new history of America’s constitutional conversation.
    by Joel Seligman via Los Angeles Review of Books on August 3, 2021
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