American Constitutionalism Heard Round the World, 1776-1989

A Global Perspective

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvGeorge Athan Billias

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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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Utgivningsdatum2011-12-01
Mått152 x 229 x 29 mm
Vikt699 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor564
FörlagNew York University Press
ISBN9780814725177

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Acknowledgments Preface Part I Definitions 1 Of Constitutions and Constitutionalisms 2 American Constitutionalism Defined: Six Seminal DocumentsPart II Seven Echoes of American Constitutionalism: A Global Perspective 3 First Echo: Europe, 1776-1800 4 Second Echo: Latin America, 1811-1900 5 European Interlude, 1800-1848 6 Third Echo: European Revolutions of 1848 7 European Interlude, 1850-1900 and the American Civil War 8 Fourth Echo: American Empire 9 Fifth Echo: World War I to World War II, 1919-1945 10 Sixth Echo: American Crescendo, 1945-1974 11 Seventh Echo: American Constitutionalism and Democratization, 1974-1989 12 Global Consciousness, Then and Now Appendix: A Note on the Historiography of the Influence of American Constitutionalism Abroad: 1776-1989 Notes Index About the Author

"A monumental study that is as carefully presented as it is compelling." - Gordon S. Wood,Alva O. Way University Professor Emeritus, Brown University "Billias's American Constitutionalism Heard Round the World is a monumental studybroad in scope and deep in learning. It will be the standard book on the subject of the influence of American Constitution outside of the United States, not simply because of its broad coverage, but also for its thoughtful insights and suggestive interpretations. It is a marvelous book." - Robert Middlekauff,Preston Hotchkis Professor of History, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley