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  • The Framers' Coup

    The Making of the United States Constitution

    by Michael J. Klarman ...
    Americans revere their Constitution. However, most of us are unaware how tumultuous and improbable the drafting and ratification processes were. As Benjamin Franklin keenly observed, any assembly of men bring with them "all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views." One need not deny that the Framers had good intentions in order to ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • From Jim Crow to Civil Rights

    The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality

    by Michael J. Klarman ...
    A monumental investigation of the Supreme Court's rulings on race, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights spells out in compelling detail the political and social context within which the Supreme Court Justices operate and the consequences of their decisions for American race relations. In a highly provocative interpretation of the decision's connection to the civil rights movement, Klarman argues that ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • From the Closet to the Altar

    Courts, Backlash, and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage

    by Michael J. Klarman ...
    Same-sex marriage has become one of the most volatile issues in American politics. But if most young people support gay marriage, and if there are clear indicators that a substantial majority of the population will soon favor it, why has the outcry against it been so strong? Bancroft Prize-winning historian and legal expert Michael Klarman offers here an illuminating and engaging account of modern ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • From Jim Crow to Civil Rights

    The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality

    by Michael J. Klarman ...
    A monumental investigation of the Supreme Court's rulings on race, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights spells out in compelling detail the political and social context within which the Supreme Court Justices operate and the consequences of their decisions for American race relations. In a highly provocative interpretation of the decision's connection to the civil rights movement, Klarman argues that ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

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    The Framers' Coup

    The Making of the United States Constitution

    by Michael J. Klarman ...
    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

    Unabridged

    31 hours 45 min

    Americans revere their Constitution. However, most of us are unaware how tumultuous and improbable the drafting and ratification processes were. As Benjamin Franklin keenly observed, any assembly of men bring with them "all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views." One need not deny that the Framers had good intentions in order to ... Read more

    $35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Unfinished Business

    Racial Equality in American History

    by Michael J. Klarman ...
    Series series Inalienable Rights
    Michael J. Klarman, author of From Jim Crow to Civil Rights, which won the prestigious Bancroft Prize in American History, is one of the leading authorities on the history of civil rights law in the United States. In Unfinished Business, he illuminates the course of racial equality in America, revealing that we have made less progress than we like to think. Indeed, African Americans have had to ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement

    by Michael J. Klarman ...
    A splendid account of the Supreme Court's rulings on race in the first half of the twentieth century, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights earned rave reviews and won the Bancroft Prize for History in 2005. Now, in this marvelously abridged, paperback edition, Michael J. Klarman has compressed his acclaimed study into tight focus around one major case--Brown v. Board of Education--making the path ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The Political Heart of Criminal Procedure

    Essays on Themes of William J. Stuntz

    Edited by Michael Klarman, David Skeel, Carol Steiker ...
    The past several decades have seen a renaissance in criminal procedure as a cutting-edge discipline and as one inseparably linked to substantive criminal law. This renaissance can be traced in no small part to the work of a single scholar: William Stuntz. This volume brings together twelve leading American criminal justice scholars whose own writings have been profoundly influenced by Stuntz and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

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    Quichotte

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    by Salman Rushdie ...
    Narrated by Vikas Adam ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 1 min

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An epic Don Quixote for the modern age, “a brilliant, funny, world-encompassing wonder” (Time) from internationally bestselling author Salman RushdieSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE • “Lovely, unsentimental, heart-affirming . . . a remembrance of what holds our human lives in some equilibrium—a way of feeling and a way of telling. Love and language.”—Jeanette ... Read more

    $25.00 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    by Harper Lee ...
    Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read"One of the most—if not the most—beloved of American novels." —The New YorkerHarper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatredOne of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into mo... ... Read more

    Was $13.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Controversies in American Federalism and Public Policy

    Edited by Christopher P. Banks ...
    Series series Controversies in American Constitutional Law
    This interdisciplinary collection presents a scholarly treatment of how the constitutional politics of federalism affect governments and citizens, offering an accessible yet comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court’s federalism jurisprudence and its effect on the development of national and state policies in key areas of constitutional jurisprudence. The contributors address the impact ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • After Civil Rights

    Racial Realism in the New American Workplace

    by John D. Skrentny ...
    A provocative new approach to race in the workplaceWhat role should racial difference play in the American workplace? As a nation, we rely on civil rights law to address this question, and the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 seemingly answered it: race must not be a factor in workplace decisions. In After Civil Rights, John Skrentny contends that after decades of mass immigration, many ... Read more

    Was $35.99 USD Now $25.99 USD