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American sovereigns : the people and America's Constitutional tradition before the Civil War / Christian G. Fritz.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies on the American ConstitutionPublication details: Oxford [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2008.Description: xi, 427 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521881883 (hardback)
  • 0521881889 (hardback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KF4881 .F75 2008
Online resources:
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.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks KF4881.F75 2008 1 Available 33710001238737

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.