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费城的奇迹:1787年5月至9月制宪会议的故事 by Catherine Drinker-Bowen

这是关于制宪会议的经典“必读”叙述,在这次会议上,来自13个新独立的美国州中的12个州的代表创造了一个新国家诞生的框架. 根据参加大会的代表的日记和笔记以及当时的报纸和小册子进行工作, 鲍恩几乎每天都在报道辩论,以及那些有可能扰乱会议进程、甚至阻止美国建立奴隶制的问题, rivalry between large and small states, and competition between north and south.

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Love Your Enemies by Arthur Brooks

阿瑟·布鲁克斯勇敢地面对日益增长的分歧和愤怒,这些分歧和愤怒主宰着我们的政治,也越来越多地主宰着我们生活的其他方面. 作为美国文化和政治的学术和实践观察家以及美国企业研究所的主席, 布鲁克斯认为,一种“愤怒的工业综合体”通过创造一种“蔑视文化”而繁荣起来,这种文化是一种把与自己意见不同的人视为不正确的习惯, but as worthless and defective. 他令人信服地证明,辱骂和愤怒不是持久成功的正确公式, 但是,让我们彼此意见更加一致并不是解决问题的办法. After all, disagreement is the secret to success. Moreover, competition and cooperation are not opposites; rather, they are not only compatible, but each is necessary.

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《美国宝藏:拯救《菲律宾十大网赌网站》的秘密努力, the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address by Stephen Puleo

Reading like an historical detective story, 1814年,就在英国人烧毁首都的几天前,我们从华盛顿走私《菲律宾十大网赌网站》和《菲律宾十大网赌网站》,开始了我们国家无价文件的保存之旅. 一个多世纪后,为了避免二战开始时德国海军可能袭击美国大西洋沿岸,这些文件和其他数百份文件被迅速转移到肯塔基州的诺克斯堡. 为什么有700年历史的英国《十大正规赌平台平台》也在其中,这是这个故事的一部分,还有多莉·麦迪逊(Dolly Madison)的敏捷思维,她的丈夫在1787年制宪会议上留下了不可替代的笔记. 读者还将获得这些宝贵文件的简短而坚实的历史.

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Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787 – 1788 by Pauline Maier

Drafting the Constitution was difficult, devising compromises between small and large states, industrial v. 土地利益,还有更多,包括最具争议的问题——奴隶制.  但是,当制宪会议休会时,它的工作只产生了一项提案. 除非得到13个州中至少9个州的批准,否则该法案不会生效. In fact, 有两个州直到3月4日第一届国会召开后才批准宪法, 1789, and George Washington inaugurated as President on April 30, 1789.

Ratification was messy and noisy.  The “Federalist Papers” argued the case for ratification.  Arguments in coffee houses and taverns were vigorous. Women joined the debate in their parlors.  Newspapers and pamphlets espoused a variety of views. 要求保护在独立战争期间争取的权利是讨论的核心. To really understand the history and meaning of the Constitution, it is essential to understand ratification.

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Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship by Nadine Strossen

宪法教授,美国公民自由联盟的第一位女性全国主席, 纳丁·施特罗森(Nadine Strossen)提供了一篇政治保守派和自由主义者都感兴趣的深思熟虑而有力的文章,消除了困扰我们关于“仇恨言论”的长期辩论的误解. free speech.”

Reviewing U. S. law as well as citing hate-speech laws in other countries, 施特罗森认为,抵制仇恨和促进平等的最佳方式不是审查, but rather, vigorous “counter-speech” and activism. 她总结道:“我们(在尊重自由方面)已经取得了进步, equality, democracy, 个人幸福和社会和谐]——通过更多的言论, not less – should encourage us to stay the course. All of us must exercise what it the most essential right of all, for promoting these vital causes: the right not to remain silent.

View a conversation with Nadine Strossen here.

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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight

Born a slave who escaped at the age of twenty, 道格拉斯掌握了阅读和写作的技巧,成为他那个时代最伟大的作家之一,也是废奴运动的著名演说家. A believer with considerable knowledge of the Bible, he warned America about the evils of slavery, 他是亚伯拉罕·林肯总统的顾问,被许多人认为是美国第二共和国的缔造者,这是一个从内战中崛起的新国家.

One of the New York Times’ 10 Best Books of the Year, 对于任何想要了解美国完整历史的人来说,这本具有里程碑意义的传记都是必须的.

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创世见证人:汉密尔顿、麦迪逊、杰伊和宪法 by Richard B. Morris

Following the drafting of the Constitution in 1787, its drafters faced an uphill battle to achieve its ratification. 批评者很快指出了它的缺陷,并抓住了人民对强大的国家政府的反对, they feared, 会威胁到各州的独立和权威吗. Alexander Hamilton, 詹姆斯·麦迪逊和约翰·杰伊试图逐条解释新宪法,以反驳反对者的论点,减轻人民的担忧.

Initially printed as a series of newspaper articles, 这些单独的文件很快就以书籍的形式流传开来,并成为对宪法及其为什么应该被批准的最权威的解释. 《十大正规赌平台平台》是一个生动的故事,讲述了三个人为美国的建立做出的无与伦比的贡献.

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