TY - BOOK ID - 30662107 TI - Our secret constitution : how Lincoln redefined American democracy PY - 2001 SN - 0199872163 9786610655342 0195302656 1280655348 0198032439 1602566976 9780199872169 9780198032434 9780195302653 9780195156287 0195156285 9780195141429 0195141423 6610655340 9781280655340 9781602566972 0190286474 PB - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Constitutional history KW - Constitutional amendments KW - Lincoln, Abraham, KW - Political and social views. KW - United States. KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - Linkŭln, Abrakham, KW - Linkolʹn, Avraam, KW - Linkūln, Ibrāhīm, KW - Linkan, ʼAbrehām, KW - Lincoln, A. KW - Lin-kʻen, KW - Linken, KW - Lin, Kʻen, KW - Lingkʻŏn, KW - Lincoln, Abe, KW - Liṅkan, Ēbrāhaṃ, KW - Liṅkan, Abrahāṃ, KW - לינקאלין, KW - לינקאלן, אייברעהעם, KW - לינקולן, אברהם KW - 林肯, KW - Liṅkana, Ābrāhama, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30662107 AB - Americans hate and distrust their government, but, at the same time, love and trust their government. These contradictory attitudes are resolved by Fletcher's novel interpretation of constitutional history. He says that the US has 2 constitutions - one catering to freedom and fear, the other to the need for security and social justice. ER -