The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898Sanford Levinson, Bartholomew Sparrow Rowman & Littlefield, 14. 6. 2023 - Počet stran: 272 The 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory was a watershed event for the fledgling United States. Adding some 829,000 square miles of territory, the Louisiana Purchase set a striking precedent of Presidential power and brought to the surface profound legal and constitutional questions. As the nation continued to expand westward and into the Pacific and Caribbean, critical social, political and constitutional questions arose that greatly tested American resolve and reshaped the nation's founding premises. In this exciting collection, Sanford Levinson and Bartholomew Sparrow bring together noted scholars in American history, constitutional law, and political science to examine role that the Louisiana Purchase played in shaping both the expansionist policies of the nineteenth century and critical interpretations of the Constitution. The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898 provides a fascinating overview of how the U.S. Constitution and the American political system is inextricably tied to |
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... , 1803-1898 Edited by and Sanford Levinson Bartholomew H. Sparrow ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS , INC . Toronto Oxford Lanham • Boulder • New York • • ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS , INC . Published in the Title Page.
... , 1803-1898 Edited by and Sanford Levinson Bartholomew H. Sparrow ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS , INC . Toronto Oxford Lanham • Boulder • New York • • ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS , INC . Published in the Title Page.
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... York , Virginia , or Massachusetts to include all three ( and the other original states and territories besides ) , this did not entail the possibility of what might be termed " indefinite extension . ” The authors of The Federalist ...
... York , Virginia , or Massachusetts to include all three ( and the other original states and territories besides ) , this did not entail the possibility of what might be termed " indefinite extension . ” The authors of The Federalist ...
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... York and Virginia ( to be- come , in time , such states as Kentucky or Illinois ) —were rarely far from delegates ' minds . Moreover , the Constitution is remarkably terse about the process by which states may be annexed into the Union ...
... York and Virginia ( to be- come , in time , such states as Kentucky or Illinois ) —were rarely far from delegates ' minds . Moreover , the Constitution is remarkably terse about the process by which states may be annexed into the Union ...
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... York Governor , and later Chief Justice , Charles Evans Hughes that " the Constitution is what the judges say it is . " Among other things , this leads too many scholars -- and their students and readers — to ig- nore the extent to ...
... York Governor , and later Chief Justice , Charles Evans Hughes that " the Constitution is what the judges say it is . " Among other things , this leads too many scholars -- and their students and readers — to ig- nore the extent to ...
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... York : Ox- ford University Press , 2003 ) ; Patricia Nelson Limerick , The Legacy of Conquest : The Un- broken Past of American West ( New York : Norton , 1987 ) ; Gregory H. Nobles , American Frontiers : Cultural Encounters and ...
... York : Ox- ford University Press , 2003 ) ; Patricia Nelson Limerick , The Legacy of Conquest : The Un- broken Past of American West ( New York : Norton , 1987 ) ; Gregory H. Nobles , American Frontiers : Cultural Encounters and ...
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