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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... Political Status : The Long - term Effects of American Expansionist Discourse 165 Efrén Rivera Ramos 9 The Constitution and Deconstitution of the United States Christina Duffy Burnett 181 10 Modes of Rule in America's Overseas Empire ...
... Political Status : The Long - term Effects of American Expansionist Discourse 165 Efrén Rivera Ramos 9 The Constitution and Deconstitution of the United States Christina Duffy Burnett 181 10 Modes of Rule in America's Overseas Empire ...
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... political culture ? Did expansionism and the promise of an agriculture - based society blunt the impetus of capitalism and a concentration of wealth ? And how did the United States constitutionally and ideologically justify the ...
... political culture ? Did expansionism and the promise of an agriculture - based society blunt the impetus of capitalism and a concentration of wealth ? And how did the United States constitutionally and ideologically justify the ...
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... political scientists - appear to believe that Marbury was the most important constitutional event of 1803 , inasmuch as the chief justice , writing on behalf of the Supreme Court , invalidated an obscure provision of the Judiciary Act ...
... political scientists - appear to believe that Marbury was the most important constitutional event of 1803 , inasmuch as the chief justice , writing on behalf of the Supreme Court , invalidated an obscure provision of the Judiciary Act ...
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... political theorists of the time called an " extended re- public . " Montesquieu , the French political philosopher , had suggested that republican government required a relatively small polity , in which people ( and their leaders ) ...
... political theorists of the time called an " extended re- public . " Montesquieu , the French political philosopher , had suggested that republican government required a relatively small polity , in which people ( and their leaders ) ...
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... political questions over slavery out into the open , however , and brought them to a head . The United States ' purchase of Louisiana and the expansion it engendered made slavery the issue of American politics— trumping partisanship ...
... political questions over slavery out into the open , however , and brought them to a head . The United States ' purchase of Louisiana and the expansion it engendered made slavery the issue of American politics— trumping partisanship ...
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