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The Declaration Of Independence: Origins and Impact (Landmark Events in Us History)

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The text is comprised of twelve scholarly essays on Declaration of Independence themes; essays which explore the creation of the Declaration of Independence, the reasons for its abiding significance, and the effects it has had on the course of U.S. history and on cultures abroad. The editor, the brilliant scholar, Scott Douglas Gerber, has previously distinguished himself with the 1995 publication of TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION. In the essay contributed to this volume, "Clarence Thomas, Civil Rights, and the Declaration of Independence," Gerber returns to a subject he has published on a number of times before, the public life and work of Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas.

The other eleven scholar contributors are: Gerard W. Gawalt, "Drafting the Declaration"; Garrett Ward Sheldon, "The Political Theory of the Declaration of Independence; Harry V. Jaffa, "Abraham Lincoln and the Universal Meaning of the Declaration of Independence"; Robert W. Hoffert, "The Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation: A Completed Constitutional Covenant"; Thomas G. West, "The Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights"; John C. Eastman, "The Declaration of Independence as Viewed from the States"; Charles A. Kromkowski, "The Declaration of Independence, Congress, and Presidents of the United States"; Mark David Hall, "The Declaration of Independence in the Supreme Court"; Keith D. Miller, "Frederick Douglas, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X Interpret the Declaration of Independence"; Bonnie L. Ford, "Women, Equality, and the Declaration of Independence"; and David Thelen, "Reception of the Declaration of Independence."

The 12 essays, pp. 1-212, are enhanced by a valuable documents supplement, pp. 213-329, (118 pages, keyed to the relevant 12 chapters). As well there is both a Case Index and a Subject Index, pp. 331-47.

This Congressional Quarterly title was published in September 2002, in this very high quality (thus price expensive) laminated hardcover edition. The publisher, C Q PRESS, is a division of the Congressional Quarterly, Washington, D.C. Clearly, as evidenced by the stratospherically high retail price of this book, the publisher seems to assume that since enough money is never a problem for an office of the U.S. Federal Government, so too the high price of this volume should not be a problem for its potential customer.