Perfecting The Union
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Author | : Max M. Edling |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2020-12-11 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0197534724 |
For most of the twentieth century, the American founding has been presented as a struggle between social classes over issues arising primarily within, rather than outside, the United States. But in recent years, new scholarship has instead turned to the international history of the American union to interpret both the causes and the consequences of the US Constitution. In Perfecting the Union, Max M. Edling argues that the Constitution was created to defend US territorial integrity and the national interest from competitors in the western borderlands and on the Atlantic Ocean, and to defuse inter-state tension within the union. By replacing the defunct Articles of Confederation, the Constitution profoundly transformed the structure of the American union by making the national government more effective. But it did not transform the fundamental purpose of the union, which remained a political organization designed to manage inter-state and international relations. And in contrast to what many scholars claim, it was never meant to eclipse the state governments. The Constitution created a national government but did not significantly extend its remit. The result was a dual structure of government, in which the federal government and the states were both essential to the people's welfare. Getting the story about the Constitution straight matters, Edling claims, because it makes possible a broader assessment of the American founding as both a transformative event, aiming at territorial and economic expansion, and as a conservative event, aiming at the preservation of key elements of the colonial socio-political order.
Author | : Paul F. Boller |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : 9780395591710 |
This reader "presents students with the original words of speeches and testimony, political and legal writings, and literature that have reflected, precipitated, and implemented pivotal events of the past four centuries"--Preface.
Author | : Beverly J. Armento |
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Release | : 1994 |
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Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Geography |
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Author | : Jesse L. Jackson Jr. |
Publisher | : Archway Publishing |
Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 2021-11-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1665704632 |
Race, from the beginning and more than any other element, has shaped America's institutions, its economics, politics, laws, social structures, and political attitudes. Congressman Jackson considers race to be the focal point of America through the language of the economy because "the economy is the hearing aid through which Americans hear all political dialogue." In this thought provoking work, Jackson provides ample documentation and insightful analysis of the inextricable link between race and economics. More important Jackson proposes a radical economic strategy and program of new human rights that would build A More Perfect Union for all Americans and put them in a better position to come to grips with this enduring American legacy.
Author | : Houghton Mifflin Company |
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Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Social sciences |
ISBN | : 9780395940037 |
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Total Pages | : 866 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Social sciences |
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Author | : William Peters |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : History |
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"The making of the United States Constitution"--Jacket subtitle.
Author | : Rogan Kersh |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2013-06-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 080147471X |
In a brilliantly conceived and elegantly written book, Rogan Kersh investigates the idea of national union in the United States. For much of the period between the colonial era and the late nineteenth century, he shows, "union" was the principal rhetorical means by which Americans expressed shared ideals and a common identity without invoking strong nationalism or centralized governance. Through his exploration of how Americans once succeeded in uniting a diverse and fragmented citizenry, Kersh revives a long-forgotten source of U.S. national identity. Why and how did Americans perceive themselves as one people from the early history of the republic? How did African Americans and others at the margins of U.S. civic culture apply this concept of union? Why did the term disappear from vernacular after the 1880s? In his search for answers, Kersh employs a wide range of methods, including political-theory analysis of writings by James Madison, Frederick Douglass, and Abraham Lincoln and empirical analysis drawing on his own extensive database of American newspapers. The author's findings are persuasive—and often surprising. One intriguing development, for instance, was a strong resurgence of union feelings among Southerners—including prominent former secessionists—after the Civil War. With its fascinating and novel approach, Dreams of a More Perfect Union offers valuable insights about American political history, especially the rise of nationalism and federalism. Equally important, the author's close retracing of the religious, institutional, and other themes coloring the development of unionist thought unveils new knowledge about the origination and transmittal of ideas in a polity.
Author | : Ben Carson, MD |
Publisher | : Sentinel |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1591848040 |
Dr. Ben Carson, the acclaimed, bestselling author of One Nation, America the Beautiful, and Gifted Hands, returns with his unique blend of insight, clarity, and common sense in A More Perfect Union. Dr. Carson proves that you don't have to be a legal scholar to understand, appreciate, and defend the United States Constitution.