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Book Title: Interpreting the Founding : Guide to the Enduring Debates over the Origins and Foundations of the American Republic?Second Edition, Revised and Expanded

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Edition: 2

Author: Alan Gibson

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Historiography, Constitutions, History & Theory, American Government / General

Publisher: University Press of Kansas

Publication Year: 2010

Genre: History, Political Science

Item Weight: 12.3 Oz

Number of Pages: 246 Pages

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