Background
Rakove, Jack Norman was born on June 4, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Milton Leon and Shirley (Bloom) Rakove.
( Questions about the original meaning of the Bill of Rig...)
Questions about the original meaning of the Bill of Rights remain a source of active concern and controversy in the twenty-first century. In order to help students consider the intentions of the first Constitutional amendments and the significance of declaring rights, Jack Rakove traces the tradition and describes the deliberations from which the Bill of Rights emerged.
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Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) PaperbackJack N. Rakove (Author)
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1982: by Prof. Jack N. Rakove - The most convincing account of the general history of the Continental Congress yet written.
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In this biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jack Rakove examines the life and legacy of James Madison, one of the founding fathers of the United States. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography Series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times.
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Rakove, Jack Norman was born on June 4, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Milton Leon and Shirley (Bloom) Rakove.
AB, Haverford College, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1975.
Assistant professor of history, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1975-1980; from assistant to associate professor of history, Stanford (California) U., 1980-1990; professor, Stanford (California) U., since 1990; Coe professor of history and American studies, Stanford (California) U., since 1996.
( In this biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jack ...)
( Questions about the original meaning of the Bill of Rig...)
(Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents (The Bed...)
(1982: by Prof. Jack N. Rakove - The most convincing accou...)
Commissioner California Bicentennial Commission, 1986-1987. With United States Army Reserve, 1968-1974. Member American History Association, Organisation American Historians, Society American Historians, American Political Science Association.
Married Helen Scharf, June 22, 1969. Children: Robert, Daniel.