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Book Title: Deconstructing the Republic : Voting Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Founders' Republicanism Reconsidered
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.7in.
Item Width: 6.1in.
Author: Anthony A. Peacock
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Minority Studies, American Government / Judicial Branch, Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, History & Theory, Research
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute for PUBLIC Policy Research
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
