{"product_id":"the-annotated-us-constitution-and-declaration-of-independence-9780674036062","title":"The Annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere in a newly annotated edition are the two founding documents of the United States of America: the Declaration of Independence (1776)  our great revolutionary manifesto  and the Constitution (178788)  in which We the People forged a new nation and built the framework for our federal republic. Together with the Bill of Rights and the Civil War amendments  these documents constitute what James Madison called our political scriptures and have come to define us as a people. Now a Pulitzer Prizewinning historian serves as a guide to these texts  providing historical contexts and offering interpretive commentary.  In an introductory essay written for the general reader  Jack N. Rakove provides a narrative political account of how these documents came to be written. In his commentary on the Declaration of Independence  Rakove sets the historical context for a fuller appreciation of the important preamble and the list of charges leveled against the Crown. When he glosses the Constitution  the Bill of Rights  and the subsequent amendments  Rakove once again provides helpful historical background  targets language that has proven particularly difficult or controversial  and cites leading Supreme Court cases. A chronology of events provides a framework for understanding the road to Philadelphia. The general reader will not find a better  more helpful guide to our founding documents than Jack N. Rakove.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279507513397,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674036069","price":94.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674036062.jpg?v=1780600862","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-annotated-us-constitution-and-declaration-of-independence-9780674036062","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}