04779nam 2201081Ia 450 991077832350332120200520144314.00-8147-3901-61-4416-2177-610.18574/9780814739013(CKB)1000000000788848(EBL)865525(OCoLC)779828113(SSID)ssj0000101984(PQKBManifestationID)11109159(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101984(PQKBWorkID)10043733(PQKB)10811444(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323985(MiAaPQ)EBC865525(OCoLC)436925958(MdBmJHUP)muse10769(DE-B1597)548139(DE-B1597)9780814739013(Au-PeEL)EBL865525(CaPaEBR)ebr10326369(EXLCZ)99100000000078884820090209d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican constitutionalism heard round the world, 1776-1989[electronic resource] a global perspective /George Athan BilliasNew York New York University Press20091 online resource (561 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-2517-1 0-8147-9107-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 Of Constitutions and Constitutionalisms -- 2 American Constitutionalism Defined -- 3 First Echo -- 4 Second Echo -- 5 European Interlude -- 6 Third Echo -- 7 European Interlude -- 8 Fourth Echo -- 9 Fifth Echo -- 10 Sixth Echo -- 11 Seventh Echo -- 12 Global Consciousness -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author 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.Constitutional historyUnited StatesConstitutional historyConstitutional lawUnited StatesConstitutional lawWorld politicsTo 1900World politics1900-1945World politics1945-1989Civilization, ModernAmerican influences1989.American.Billiass.Western.change.constitutionalism.during.era.global.history.important.landmark.major.played.point.reached.readers.role.story.study.tells.that.this.turning.view.will.Constitutional historyConstitutional history.Constitutional lawConstitutional law.World politicsWorld politicsWorld politicsCivilization, ModernAmerican influences.346.73029Billias George Athan1919-245848MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778323503321American constitutionalism heard round the world, 1776-1989240744UNINA