Born Equal: Remaking America's Constitution, 1840-1920
Thorough and vivid ... Ambitious ... A much richer, more colorful and ultimately more compelling account of American political history.
Learned and long but never dry; it is, if anything, strenuously chatty. The historical set pieces have punch, and Amar imbues figures like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe with humanity and immediacy. Yet there is a feeling throughout of the lecturer playing to the back of the hall ... Digressive ... The complexities of 19th-century politics and, it appears, the capaciousness of Amar’s interests lead him afield from his central story line.
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Sprawling ... A pointed, closely argued study of the long historical arc leading to civil equality for all.
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