The Age of Strict Construction: a History of the Growth of Federal Power, 1789-1861
The Age of Strict Construction: a History of the Growth of Federal Power, 1789-1861
by Peter Zavodnyik
Catholic University of America Press, 2007 Cloth: 978-0-8132-1504-4 | eISBN: 978-0-8132-1706-2 | Paper: 978-0-8132-2712-2 Library of Congress Classification JK171.Z39 2007 Dewey Decimal Classification 320.47304909034
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The Age of Strict Construction explores the growth of the federal government's power and influence between 1789 and 1861, and the varying reactions of Americans to that growth.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction
1. Ratification, 1787@-1788
2. The Federalists, 1789@-1801
3. The Republicans, 1801@-1829
4. The Market Republic, 1829@-1850
5. The Fall of the Republic, 1850@-1861
Conclusion
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