The Bill of Rights
Subtitle: a history in documents
By: John J. Patrick.
Series: Pages from history
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: United States. -- History -- Juvenile literature; United States; Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature; Civil rights; Constitutional amendments -- United States
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Uses contemporary documents to explore the history of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the British traditions on which they were based, and their impact on American society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199) and index.
Table of contents: title: The roots of American rights; title: Rights revolution and in America; title: The birth of the Bill of Rights; title: The Bill of Rights marginalized; title: Rights renewed and denied; title: A resurgence of rights; title: Nationalization of the Bill of Rights; title: Political cartoons on the right to bear arms; title: Consensus and controversy.