Constitution Café : Jefferson's Brew for a True Revolution
ISBN: 9780393342260 | 0393342263
Edition: 00Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: W W NORTON
Pub. Date: 7/17/2012
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A provocative extension of Jefferson's original plan.-Kirkus Reviews
Thomas Jefferson believed that every generation of Americans should rewrite our Constitution from scratch-to mirror the progress of the human mind and, most of all, to maintain the revolutionary spirit. He would be dismayed that it's considered untouchable these days. Taking up Jefferson's cause, Christopher Phillips leads a motley group of Americans across the fruited plain in an offbeat Constitutional Convention. His Constitution Café project is... MORE
Thomas Jefferson believed that every generation of Americans should rewrite our Constitution from scratch-to mirror the progress of the human mind and, most of all, to maintain the revolutionary spirit. He would be dismayed that it's considered untouchable these days. Taking up Jefferson's cause, Christopher Phillips leads a motley group of Americans across the fruited plain in an offbeat Constitutional Convention. His Constitution Café project is... MORE
| Constitution Café | p. 1 |
| In the Beginning | p. 4 |
| Constitution Making and Remaking | p. 26 |
| Commons and Goods | p. 51 |
| Character Counts | p. 94 |
| Money Matters | p. 130 |
| Hail to the Chief | p. 162 |
| And Justice for All | p. 204 |
| Governors and the Governed | p. 230 |
| Rights and Responsibilities | p. 253 |
| Brew for a T... MORE | p. 310 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 317 |
| Further Reading | p. 319 |
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Christopher Phillips is a Senior Fellow in the Center for Critical Writing at the University of Pennsylvania, a recipient of the Distinguished American Leadership Award, and the founder of the nonprofit Democracy Caf. Visit him on the Web at www.christopherphillips.com.
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