{"product_id":"the-u-s-constitution-a-reader","title":"The U.S. Constitution: A Reader","description":"Featuring 113 primary source documents, The U.S. Constitution: A Reader was developed for teaching the core course on the U.S. Constitution at Hillsdale College.\nDivided into eleven sections with introductions by members of Hillsdale's Politics Department faculty, readings cover:\n-the principles of the American founding;\n-the framing and structure of the Constitution;\n-the secession crisis and the Civil War;\n-the Progressive rejection of the Constitution; and\n-the building of the administrative state based on Progressive principles.\nAmerica's Founders created a form of government which had, in the words of James Madison, \"no model on the face of the earth.\" Its moral foundation is in the Declaration of Independence and its principle of equal natural rights. Under the Constitution, government was to be limited to protecting those rights.\nIn recent decades, the way our government operates has departed from the Constitution. Government has become less limited, and our liberties less secure. At the same time, true civic education in America--education in the Constitution--has largely died out. We at Hillsdale College see it as one of our highest duties to reverse this.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0916308367\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0916308367.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hillsdale College Politics Faculty\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41448757329978,"sku":"DBV.0916308367.G","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0916308367-0.jpg?v=1780866612","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-u-s-constitution-a-reader","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}