Table of Contents

Preface

1 Words, Images, Meanings
2 Contexts: The History That Made the Founding Fathers
3 Achievements and Challenges: The History the Founding Fathers Made
4 Legacies: What History Has Made of the Founding Fathers

Epilogue: The Founding Fathers, History, and Us
Chronology
Appendix: The Founding Fathers: A Partial List
References
Further Reading
Index

About the Author

R. B. Bernstein is lecturer in political science, City College of New York, and distinguished adjunct professor of law, New York Law School. He has written, edited, or co-edited two dozen books on American constitutional and legal history, including Thomas Jefferson (OUP, 2003).