Starting in the eighteenth century, citizens were promised their rights in print. These early constitutions could be instruments of tyranny or platforms for populism, writes Harvard historian Jill Lepore in the New Yorker. Lepore visited the John Adams in 2019 to discuss her book These Truths – A History of the United States.
Jill Lepore writes about early constitutions
Starting in the eighteenth century, citizens were promised their rights in print. These early constitutions could be instruments of tyranny or platforms for populism, writes Harvard historian Jill Lepore in the New Yorker. Lepore visited the John Adams in 2019 to discuss her book These Truths – A History of the United States.
