
Federalism
Robert P. Sutton(Author)
Greenwood Press
Published on 30. September 2002
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-0-313-31531-2 (ISBN)
Description
The issues and controversies surrounding the creation of our federal republic-and the rights of the federal government-have reverberated through many watershed events in the 200+ years of American history. This book will help students to debate those issues as they played out in eight crises from 1787 to the beginning of the 21st century. Expert commentary and 54 primary documents contemporary to the time were carefully selected to represent a variety of views on each issue. Events range from the creation of the federal republic to the ongoing controversy over women's rights.
Primary documents include presidential letters and speeches, newspaper opinion pieces, first-person accounts and letters, Supreme Court decisions, congressional debates, statutes, resolutions, and political party platforms. A narrative introduction to the issue of federalism over American history will help students contextualize the events in context. A chronology and bibliography of books and Web sites will assist the student researcher.
Primary documents include presidential letters and speeches, newspaper opinion pieces, first-person accounts and letters, Supreme Court decisions, congressional debates, statutes, resolutions, and political party platforms. A narrative introduction to the issue of federalism over American history will help students contextualize the events in context. A chronology and bibliography of books and Web sites will assist the student researcher.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
637 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-31531-2 (9780313315312)
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Person
ROBERT P. SUTTON is Professor of History at Western Illinois University where he has taught since 1970. His fields of expertise include American legal history, communal utopias, and Illinois history. From 1990 to 1998, he was on the Board of Directors of the National Communal Studies Association, and in 1999 he was presented with that organization's Donald E. Pitzer Distinguished Service Award.
Content
Series Foreword by Randall M. Miller Preface Chronology of Events Introduction Creation of the Federal Republic The Sedition Act of 1798 Nullification Crisis The Compromise of 1850 Plessy v. Ferguson: From Emancipation to Segregation New Deal Federalism Brown v. Board of Education: Federalism and Civil Rights The Supreme Court, Women's Rights, and Abortion Selected Bibliography Index