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The Deep American Constitution -- Mark Peterson
Episode 191
Published 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Description
In this episode of Radicalism in the American Revolution, Historian Mark Peterson joins me to discuss his new book The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History. We discuss the way the constitution emerged from a long British tradition, Thomas Jefferson's ironic place in American imperialism, and the new understanding of the constitution as a mere piece of paper which threatens to render it irrelevant.
Here's the link to the book: https://flyleafbooks.com/book/9780691180014