The Constitution and Public Policy in U.S. History Contributor(s): Zelizer, Julian E. (Editor), Schulman, Bruce J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 027103534X ISBN-13: 9780271035345 Publisher: Penn State University Press OUR PRICE: $30.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2009 Annotation: A collection of essays that discuss the legal and constitutional debates over matters of policy throughout United States history. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional - Political Science | Constitutions - Political Science | American Government - National |
Dewey: 342.730 |
LCCN: 2008054656 |
Series: Issues in Policy History |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6" W x 9" (0.67 lbs) 200 pages |
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Publisher Description: Despite its crucial importance in U.S. history, the study of the constitutional system fell out of favor with many historians and history departments for several decades during the latter half of the twentieth century. The dawn of the twenty-first century, however, has borne witness to a new interdisciplinary interest among scholars in reviving this important dialogue in American history. This book represents some of the most innovative contributions to this dialogue by a new generation of historians and legal scholars. The essays presented in this volume offer new insights into constitutionalism, legal culture, and the political arena, together contributing to an "ongoing reconceptualization of the historical relationship between the Constitution and public policy." In this volume of Issues in Policy History, Julian Zelizer and Bruce Schulman bring together eleven essays from renowned scholars Mary Sarah Bilder, Donald T. Critchlow and Cynthia L. Stachecki, Christine Desan, Morton Keller, Ajay K. Mehrotra, David Quigley, John A. Thompson, Christopher Tomlins, and Michael Willrich. By applying new archival research to questions of policy history and embedding constitutional history in its political context, these scholars breathe new life into the study of public policy and reaffirm Woodrow Wilson's conclusion that the Constitution's "spirit is always the spirit of the age." |
Contributor Bio(s): Zelizer, Julian E.: - Julian E. Zelizer is Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University.Schulman, Bruce J.: - Bruce J. Schulman is Professor of History at Boston University. |