American Constitutionalism Heard Round the World, 1776-1989 : A Global Perspective / George Athan Billias.
2009
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American Constitutionalism Heard Round the World, 1776-1989 : A Global Perspective / George Athan Billias.
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9780814739013
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2009]
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©2009
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English
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In English.
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10.18574/nyu/9780814791073.001.0001 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
346.73029
Summary
Winner of the 2010 Book Award from the New England Historical AssociationAmerican constitutionalism represents this country's greatest gift to human freedom, yet its story remains largely untold. For over two hundred years, its ideals, ideas, and institutions influenced different peoples in different lands at different times. American constitutionalism and the revolutionary republican documents on which it is based affected countless countries by helping them develop their own constitutional democracies. Western constitutionalism-of which America was a part along with Britain and France-reached a major turning point in global history in 1989, when the forces of democracy exceeded the forces of autocracy for the first time.Historian George Athan Billias traces the spread of American constitutionalism-from Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean region, to Asia and Africa-beginning chronologically with the American Revolution and the fateful "shot heard round the world" and ending with the conclusion of the Cold War in 1989. The American model contributed significantly by spearheading the drive to greater democracy throughout the Western world, and Billias's landmark study tells a story that will change the way readers view the important role American constitutionalism played during this era.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
PART I Definitions
1 Of Constitutions and Constitutionalisms
2 American Constitutionalism Defined
PART II Seven Echoes of American Constitutionalism
3 First Echo
4 Second Echo
5 European Interlude
6 Third Echo
7 European Interlude
8 Fourth Echo
9 Fifth Echo
10 Sixth Echo
11 Seventh Echo
12 Global Consciousness
Appendix
Notes
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
PART I Definitions
1 Of Constitutions and Constitutionalisms
2 American Constitutionalism Defined
PART II Seven Echoes of American Constitutionalism
3 First Echo
4 Second Echo
5 European Interlude
6 Third Echo
7 European Interlude
8 Fourth Echo
9 Fifth Echo
10 Sixth Echo
11 Seventh Echo
12 Global Consciousness
Appendix
Notes
Index
About the Author