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The American Constitution : [electronic resource] its origins and development / by Alfred H. Kelly & Winfred A. Harbison.

By: Kelly, Alfred H. (Alfred Hinsey), 1907-1976.
Contributor(s): Harbison, Winfred A. (Winfred Audif), 1904-1985 [joint author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Norton, c1970Edition: 4th ed.Description: xviii, 1211 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 039309944X; 9780393099447.Subject(s): Constitutional history -- United States | États-Unis -- Constitution | United States -- Constitutional history | USA -- Verfassung (1787)Additional physical formats: Online version:: American Constitution.DDC classification: 342/.73/029 Other classification: HD 475 | MG 70050 | MG 70060 | PL 728 Online resources: Free eBook from the Internet Archive | Additional information and access via Open Library
Contents:
English and colonial origins -- A century of colonial government -- The American Revolution -- The first state constitutions and the Articles of Confederation -- The Constitutional Convention -- Ratification of the Constitution -- Establishing the new government -- The rise of Jeffersonianism -- The triumph of Jeffersonian republicanism -- Nationalism versus sectionalism -- John Marshall and judicial nationalism -- The nullification controversy -- Democracy and Jacksonianism -- The slavery controversy and sectional conflict -- Crisis and secession : 1851-1861 -- The Civil War -- Reconstruction : the presidential phase -- Radical congressional reconstruction -- The revolution in due process of law -- The new due process and judicial review : 1890-1920 -- The first era of national economic regulation -- The rise of liberal nationalism -- The progressive revolt -- Woodrow Wilson and the new freedom -- The Constitution and World War I -- Reaction and laissez faire -- The New Deal -- The constitutional revolution in federalism : 1937-1947 -- The New Deal era in civil liberties -- The Constitution and World War II -- The Constitution and the Cold War -- Civil liberties in the Cold War decade : liberty versus security -- The Constitution, the Warren court, and the "black revolution" -- The Warren court and political dissent : a new era of libertarianism -- The Warren court and the new egalitarianism.
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Bibliography: p. 1103-1149.

English and colonial origins -- A century of colonial government -- The American Revolution -- The first state constitutions and the Articles of Confederation -- The Constitutional Convention -- Ratification of the Constitution -- Establishing the new government -- The rise of Jeffersonianism -- The triumph of Jeffersonian republicanism -- Nationalism versus sectionalism -- John Marshall and judicial nationalism -- The nullification controversy -- Democracy and Jacksonianism -- The slavery controversy and sectional conflict -- Crisis and secession : 1851-1861 -- The Civil War -- Reconstruction : the presidential phase -- Radical congressional reconstruction -- The revolution in due process of law -- The new due process and judicial review : 1890-1920 -- The first era of national economic regulation -- The rise of liberal nationalism -- The progressive revolt -- Woodrow Wilson and the new freedom -- The Constitution and World War I -- Reaction and laissez faire -- The New Deal -- The constitutional revolution in federalism : 1937-1947 -- The New Deal era in civil liberties -- The Constitution and World War II -- The Constitution and the Cold War -- Civil liberties in the Cold War decade : liberty versus security -- The Constitution, the Warren court, and the "black revolution" -- The Warren court and political dissent : a new era of libertarianism -- The Warren court and the new egalitarianism.

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