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“Seasons of Discontent:
The Constitution in its Social and Cultural
Context” 
Caroline H. Cox, Department
of History
University of the Pacific
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Caroline H. Cox
is Assistant Professor of history at the
University of the Pacific. Educated at
University of California Berkeley, her
publications include: A Proper Sense
of Honor: The Status of Soldiers and Officers
of The Continental Army, 1775-1783
(forthcoming from the University of North
Carolina Press) and "Invisible Wounds:
The American Legion, Shell Shocked Veterans,
and Mental Illness, 1919-1924." In
Traumatic Pasts: Studies in History,
Psychiatry, and Trauma in the Modern Age,
1860-1930, eds. Mark Micale and Paul
Lerner. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Readings
The following titles
survey current opinions about the historical
debates on the Constitution and Declaration
of Independence.
- Countryman, Edward, What did
the Constitution Mean to Early Americans?
- Ellis, Joseph J. , What did
the Declaration Declare?
- Rakove, Jack N. Original Meanings:
Politics and Ideas in the Making
of the Constitution
Useful
Classroom Films
- Liberty, PBS, 1997, Episode
6
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/liberty_episodes.html
- In Search of the Constitution,
Published/Produced: New York : Public
Affairs Television, Inc., 1987 :
Distributed by PBS Video, 1989.
Description: 11 videocassettes (58
min. ea.) In an eleven-part series,
Bill Moyers discusses the history
of the Constitution, how it has
been interpreted, and how it affects
nearly every aspect of our lives.
- Empire of Reason First
Run?Icarius Films, 1988 http://www.frif.com
Debates over ratification of the
Constitution in New York acted out
as a modern TV political campaign.
- 1776 Columbia/Tristar,
1987. Based on the Tony award-winning
Broadway musical about the Declaration
of Independence.
http://www.5thavenuetheatre.org/archive/
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