LEADER 04779nam 2201081Ia 450 001 9910778323503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-3901-6 010 $a1-4416-2177-6 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814739013 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788848 035 $a(EBL)865525 035 $a(OCoLC)779828113 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000101984 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11109159 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101984 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10043733 035 $a(PQKB)10811444 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323985 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865525 035 $a(OCoLC)436925958 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10769 035 $a(DE-B1597)548139 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814739013 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865525 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10326369 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788848 100 $a20090209d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican constitutionalism heard round the world, 1776-1989$b[electronic resource] $ea global perspective /$fGeorge Athan Billias 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (561 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-2517-1 311 $a0-8147-9107-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPreface -- $t1 Of Constitutions and Constitutionalisms -- $t2 American Constitutionalism Defined -- $t3 First Echo -- $t4 Second Echo -- $t5 European Interlude -- $t6 Third Echo -- $t7 European Interlude -- $t8 Fourth Echo -- $t9 Fifth Echo -- $t10 Sixth Echo -- $t11 Seventh Echo -- $t12 Global Consciousness -- $tAppendix -- $tNotes -- $tIndex -- $tAbout the Author 330 $aWinner 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. 606 $aConstitutional history$zUnited States 606 $aConstitutional history 606 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States 606 $aConstitutional law 606 $aWorld politics$yTo 1900 606 $aWorld politics$y1900-1945 606 $aWorld politics$y1945-1989 606 $aCivilization, Modern$xAmerican influences 610 $a1989. 610 $aAmerican. 610 $aBilliass. 610 $aWestern. 610 $achange. 610 $aconstitutionalism. 610 $aduring. 610 $aera. 610 $aglobal. 610 $ahistory. 610 $aimportant. 610 $alandmark. 610 $amajor. 610 $aplayed. 610 $apoint. 610 $areached. 610 $areaders. 610 $arole. 610 $astory. 610 $astudy. 610 $atells. 610 $athat. 610 $athis. 610 $aturning. 610 $aview. 610 $awill. 615 0$aConstitutional history 615 0$aConstitutional history. 615 0$aConstitutional law 615 0$aConstitutional law. 615 0$aWorld politics 615 0$aWorld politics 615 0$aWorld politics 615 0$aCivilization, Modern$xAmerican influences. 676 $a346.73029 700 $aBillias$b George Athan$f1919-$0245848 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778323503321 996 $aAmerican constitutionalism heard round the world, 1776-1989$9240744 997 $aUNINA