Constitution Day: September 17th
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Recommended WebsitesConstitution Day From the National Constitution Center.
What is Constitution Day? From the ASU Libraries: The Library Channel.
Observing Constitution Day From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
The Constitution From American Memory (The Library of Congress).
United States Constitution From The Library of Congress.
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A Conversation on the Constitution: Judicial Independence From the Annenberg Classroom.
Key Constitutional Concepts From the Annenberg Classroom.
Our Constitution: A Conversation From the Annenberg Classroom.
History and the Headlines: September 17, 2007 From ABC-CLIO Schools.
Constitution Day From Senator Robert Byrd.
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Recommended Books
The following bibliography of books focused on the U.S. Constitution was prepared by Fletcher Library undergraduate intern Noel Mendiola.
Anastaplo, George. Reflections on Constitutional Law. Lexington: UP of Kentucky, 2006.
KF 4550 .A7297 2006 West Stacks
Reflections of Constitutional Law through interpretation of U.S. Constitution.
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Aptheker, Herbert. The American Revolution, 1763-1783. New York: International Publishers, 1960.
E 208 .A78 West Stacks
Examines the origins, nature, and development of the American Revolution in colonial America and the antebellum period.
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Bausum, Ann. With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2004.
324.6 .B3283wi 2004 West Curriculum
A story of the struggle of women's suffrage in America.
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Cate, Alan C. Founding Fighters: The Battlefield Leaders Who Made American Independence. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2006.
E 206 .C38 2006 West Stacks
Chronicles the lives and exploits of the battlefield leaders who help win America its independence.
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Flavell, Julie, and Stephen Conway, ed. Britain and America Go To War: The Impact of War and Warfare in Anglo-America, 1755-1815. Gainsville: UP of Florida, 2004.
E 199 B93 2004 West Stacks
Collection of essays which bring a broader perspective of Anglo American warfare for the entire English Atlantic World between 1755-1815.
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Libiger, Stuart Eric. Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic. Charlottesville, VA; London: UP of Virginia, 1999.
E 312.29 .L45 1999 West Stacks
A study of the collaboration that helped found the American republic and the friendship between two of America's founding fathers.
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Mead, Walter B. The United States Constitution: Personalities, Principles, and Issues. Columbia: U of South Carolina P, 1987.
KF 4520 .M49 1987 West Stacks
An examination of the United States Constitution.
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Resch, John Phillips. Suffering Soldiers: Revolutionary War Veterans, Moral Sentiment, and Political Culture in the Early Republic.. Amherst: U of Massachusetts P, 1999.
E 259 .R47 1999 West Stacks
A work that examines the lives and times of the American revolutionary soldier, their image as the "suffering soldier", and their fight to be compensated by the republic they helped to found.
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Wood, Gordon S. The American Revolution: A History. New York: Modern Library, 2002.
E 208 .W85 2002 West Stacks
A brief work by one of America's leading historians, the book follows the origins, character, and ideas of the American Revolution which laid the groundwork for the United States Constitution.
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---. The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787. Chapel Hill: Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by the U of North Carolina P, 1969.
JA 84 U5 W6 West Stacks
An expansive monographic analysis of the founding of the early American republic.
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Yoo, John. The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs after 9/ll. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2005.
KF 5060 .Y66 2005 West Stacks
Constitutional theory of American foreign affairs and the actual practice of the three branches of government through interpretation of the United States Constitution.
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Recommended Library of Congress Subject Headings
To identify additional library titles focused on The United States Constitution click-on any of the following hyperlinked subject headings. From the resulting ASU Libraries' Catalog screen you can then narrow the number of results by using the displayed "Limit/Sort Search" button.
Constitutional history -- United States
Constitutional law -- United States
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
United States. Constitution.
United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)