Introduction: The Argument for the Secret Constitution -- 1. Redemption Under Law -- 2. Radical Gettysburg -- 3. Nationhood -- 4. Loyalty and Betrayal -- 5. Equality -- 6. The Revolution That Never Was -- 7. Equality Without Vision -- 8. A Maxim of Justice: Its Birth and Rebirth -- 9. The Secret Constitution Resurgent -- 10. Government as Partner Against the Past -- 11. Neither Blue Nor Gray -- Afterword: Election Blues 2000.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Americans hate and distrust their government, but, at the same time, love and trust their government. These contradictory attitudes are resolved by Fletcher's novel interpretation of constitutional history. He says that the US has 2 constitutions - one catering to freedom and fear, the other to the need for security and social justice.
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Title
Our secret constitution.
International Standard Book Number
0195156285
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865-- Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865-- Pensée politique et sociale.
Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States., Constitution., 13th-15th Amendments.
États-Unis., Constitution., 13th Amendment.
États-Unis., Constitution., 14th Amendment.
États-Unis., Constitution., 15th Amendment.
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Constitution (United States)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Constitutional amendments-- United States.
Constitutional history-- United States.
Constitutions-- Amendements-- États-Unis.
Constitutional amendments.
Constitutional history.
Political and social views.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Reference.
Politics and government
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Politics and government, 1861-1865.
États-Unis, Histoire constitutionnelle.
États-Unis, Politique et gouvernement, 1861-1865.