American constitutionalism heard round the world, 1776-1989
Subtitle: a global perspective
By: George Athan Billias.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780814791073
Subjects: Constitutional history -- United States; Constitutional history; Constitutional law -- United States; Constitutional law; World politics -- To 1900; World politics -- 1900-1945; World politics -- 1945-1989; Civilization, Modern -- American influences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Of constitutions and constitutionalisms; title: American constitutionalism defined : six seminal documents; title: Seven echoes of American constitutionalism : a global perspective; title: First echo : Europe, 1776-1800; title: Second echo : Latin America, 1811-1900; title: European interlude: 1800-1848; title: Third echo : European revolutions of 1848; title: European interlude : 1850-1900 and American Civil War; title: Fourth echo : American empire; title: Fifth echo : World War I era to World War II, 1919-1945; title: Sixth echo : American crescendo, 1945-1974; title: Seventh echo : American constitutionalism and democratization, 1974-1989; title: Global consciousness : then and now.