Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Preface Part I Definitions 1 Of Constitutions and Constitutionalisms 2 American Constitutionalism Defined: Six Seminal DocumentsPart II Seven Echoes of American Constitutionalism: A Global Perspective 3 First Echo: Europe, 1776-1800 4 Second Echo: Latin America, 1811-1900 5 European Interlude, 1800-1848 6 Third Echo: European Revolutions of 1848 7 European Interlude, 1850-1900 and the American Civil War 8 Fourth Echo: American Empire 9 Fifth Echo: World War I to World War II, 1919-1945 10 Sixth Echo: American Crescendo, 1945-1974 11 Seventh Echo: American Constitutionalism and Democratization, 1974-1989 12 Global Consciousness, Then and Now Appendix: A Note on the Historiography of the Influence of American Constitutionalism Abroad: 1776-1989 Notes Index About the Author

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An analysis that will change the way readers view the important role American constitutionalism has played

About the Author

George Athan Billias is Jacob and Frances Hiatt Professor Emeritus of History at Clark University. His numerous books include American Constitutionalism Abroad, George Washington’s Generals and Opponents, and Elbridge Gerry: Founding Father and Republican Statesman.

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"A monumental study that is as carefully presented as it is compelling." Gordon S. Wood, Brown University "A work on this scale is unlikely ever again to be undertaken by an individual author, let alone one with such authority and experience." David Armitage, author of The Declaration of Independence:A Global History