Rude Republic

2001-08-12
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Rude Republic

Author: Glenn C. Altschuler

Publisher: Princeton University Press

ISBN: 0691089868

Category: History

Page: 338

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In this look at Americans and their politics, the authors argue for a more complex understanding of the space occupied by politics in 19th-century American society and culture.

Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, One Hundred and Eighth Session, 1885, Vol. 4

2018-10-10
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Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, One Hundred and Eighth Session, 1885, Vol. 4

Author: New York State Assembly

Publisher: Forgotten Books

ISBN: 1396723048

Category: Reference

Page: 1092

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Excerpt from Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, One Hundred and Eighth Session, 1885, Vol. 4: Nos. 33 to 42, Inclusive About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Antebellum Origins of the Modern Constitution

2020-10-29
 |  Political Science
The Antebellum Origins of the Modern Constitution

Author: Simon J. Gilhooley

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9781108853415

Category: Political Science

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This book argues that conflicts over slavery and abolition in the early American Republic generated a mode of constitutional interpretation that remains powerful today: the belief that the historical spirit of founding holds authority over the current moment. Simon J. Gilhooley traces how debates around the existence of slavery in the District of Columbia gave rise to the articulation of this constitutional interpretation, which constrained the radical potential of the constitutional text. To reconstruct the origins of this interpretation, Gilhooley draws on rich sources that include historical newspapers, pamphlets, and congressional debates. Examining free black activism in the North, Abolitionism in the 1830s, and the evolution of pro-slavery thought, this book shows how in navigating the existence of slavery in the District and the fundamental constitutional issue of the enslaved's personhood, Antebellum opponents of abolition came to promote an enduring but constraining constitutional imaginary.

Legislative Documents, the Senate and Assembly of the State of New-York, Fifty-Third Session, 1830, Vol. 4

2018-09-26
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Legislative Documents, the Senate and Assembly of the State of New-York, Fifty-Third Session, 1830, Vol. 4

Author: New York Senate

Publisher: Forgotten Books

ISBN: 1390946762

Category: Reference

Page: 502

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Excerpt from Legislative Documents, the Senate and Assembly of the State of New-York, Fifty-Third Session, 1830, Vol. 4: From No. 291 to 434, Inclusive There are about eighty stores of merchandize in the city of Bud son, besides tanneries, and numerous mechanical Operations, con ducted by individual citizens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.