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We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution

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內容簡介 ★ 2026 年普立茲歷史獎★ 歐巴馬 2025 年最愛書單★ 入圍 2025 年安德魯・卡內基非小說卓越獎★《紐約時報》即時暢銷書★《經濟學人》、《今日歷史》、《紐約時報》、《紐約客》與《華盛頓郵報》評選為年度好書「一部生動且引人入勝的敘事作品，探討為何美國憲法如此難以修訂，並回顧了由邊緣化群體提出、卻未能通過的一些重要修正案。」——普立茲獎評委在美國建國 250 週年之際，一部為動盪新時代而寫的美國憲法里程碑式歷史著作。美國憲法是世界上最古老的憲法之一——同時也是最難修訂的之一。自 1789 年以來，雖然已提出近一萬兩千項修正案，但最終僅有二十七項獲得批准。值得注意的是，自 1971 年以來，憲法幾乎未曾有過實質性的修訂。若無法透過修正來調整，政治暴力的風險便會上升，而透過總統權力改變憲政體制的風險也隨之增加。哈佛大學的知名歷史學家吉爾・勒波爾，在書中描繪了數代普通民眾的故事——他們曾嘗試各種改革，從廢除選舉人團制度到保障環境權利，期望修補自己的國家。透過回顧美國歷史中數百年來為實現憲法承諾所做的努力，我們也見證了幾乎所有這些嘗試最終如何以失敗告終。《我們人民》是一部氣勢恢宏的奮鬥史，主張憲法從未被設計為一成不變的文件，而是預期會隨時間逐步調整。在政治暴力風險日益真實的當下，本書也隱約指向一個經過修訂、更加完善的美國之可能。★ WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY 2026★ ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025★ LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION 2025★ THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER★ A THE ECONOMIST, HISTORY TODAY, NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORKER AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAR"A lively and engaging narrative that investigates why the Constitution is so difficult to amend, including a review of noteworthy failed amendments proposed by marginalized groups." –- Pulitzer Prize Board 2025-2026On the 250th anniversary of America's founding - a landmark history of the US Constitution for a troubling new era.A lively and engaging narrative that investigates why the Constitution is so difficult to amend, including a review of noteworthy failed amendments proposed by marginalized groups.The U.S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world - and one of the most difficult to amend. Although nearly twelve thousand amendments have been proposed since 1789, only twenty-seven have ever been ratified. Tellingly, the Constitution has not been meaningfully amended since 1971. Without amendment, the risk of political violence rises. So does the risk of constitutional change by presidential power.Leading Harvard historian Jill Lepore captures the stories of generations of ordinary people who have attempted everything from abolishing the Electoral College to guaranteeing environmental rights, hoping to mend their nation. Recounting the history of America through centuries of efforts to realize the promise of the Constitution, we witness how nearly all those bids have failed.We the People is the sweeping account of a struggle, arguing that the Constitution was never intended to be preserved, but was expected to be gradually altered. At a time when the risk of political violence is all too real, it hints at the prospects for a better, amended America.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Jill LeporeJill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University, where she teaches classes in evidence, historical methods, the humanities, and American political history. She is the author of The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity (winner of the Bancroft Prize), New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), The Secret History of Wonder Woman (winner of the American History Book Prize), If Then (longlisted for the National Book Award) and many other titles. She is a staff writer at the New Yorker, host of the podcast The Last Archive, and was the winner of the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought in 2021.

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