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Jack Rakove

Jack Rakove’s Original Meanings was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1997. The American Constitution is due in the summer. He teaches at Stanford.

Selected bibliography

  • The Unfinished Election of 2000 (2001)
  • Constitutional Culture and Democratic Rule (2001)
  • James Madison: Writings edited by Jack Rakove (1999)
  • Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents (1997)
  • Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (1997)
  • James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic (1990)
  • Interpeting the Constitution (1990)
  • The Begninnings of National Politics: An Interpretative History of the Continental Congress (1983)

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