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American sovereigns the people and America's Constitutional tradition before the Civil War / Christian G. Fritz.
| Author/creator | Fritz, Christian G., 1953- |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, |
| Description | xi, 427 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge studies on the American Constitution |
| Contents | Prologue -- The people's sovereignty in the states -- Revolutionary constitutionalism -- Grass-roots self-government : America's early determinist movements -- Revolutionary tensions : "friends of government" confront "the Regulators" in Massachusetts -- The sovereign behind the Federal Constitution -- The Federal Constitution and the effort to constrain the people -- Testing the constitutionalism of 1787 : the whiskey "rebellion" in Pennsylvania -- Federal sovereignty : competing views of the Federal Constitution -- The struggle over a constitutional middle ground -- The collective sovereign persists : the people's constitution in Rhode Island -- Epilogue. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007013827 |
| ISBN | 9780521881883 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780521125604 (paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |