A Pocket Guide to the US Constitution: What Every American Needs to Know, Second Edition

Andrew B. Arnold

Book cover for A Pocket Guide to the US Constitution: What Every American Needs to Know, Second Edition
Book cover for A Pocket Guide to the US Constitution: What Every American Needs to Know, Second Edition
Book cover for A Pocket Guide to the US Constitution: What Every American Needs to Know, Second Edition
Book cover for A Pocket Guide to the US Constitution: What Every American Needs to Know, Second Edition

A Pocket Guide to the US Constitution: What Every American Needs to Know, Second Edition

A Pocket Guide to the US Constitution: What Every American Needs to Know, Second Edition

Andrew B. Arnold

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Description

This accessible, nonpartisan quick reference provides concise explanations of the Constitution's meaning and history, offering little-known facts and anecdotes about every article and all twenty-seven amendments. This guide can be used to comprehend current events, dig deeper into court cases, or sort out your own opinions on constitutional issues.

About the Author

Andrew B. Arnold is chair of the history department, Kutztown University. He received his PhD from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Critical Reviews

"This clear, concise, witty, and sophisticated guide to the nation's most important founding document should be in every American's pocket."

--Michael A. Ross, University of Maryland

A great choice to introduce students to the complexity of our Constitution, without scaring them off.

--Paul Finkelman, holds the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice, University of Ottawa, author of Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation's Court and co-author of A March of Liberty: A Constitutional History of the United States

Publishing Information

Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Pub date: 2018-04-02
Length: 192 pages

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