America's Constitution is a scholarly work by Akhil Amar a member of the Yale Law School faculty past 20-years. This 'biography' of our founding document explains not only what our constitution says but why it says it. For example the phrase, 'to form a more perfect union,' refers to the weak union of the Articles of Confederation under which the states exercised limited cooperation between 1776 and 1788 when New Hampshire became the 9th state to ratify the efforts of the Constitutional Convention. One reviewer says America’s Constitution is an indispensable work, bound to become a standard reference for any student of history and all citizens of the United States.

--Flo Wineriter