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To make a nation : the rediscovery of American federalism / Samuel H. Beer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beer, Samuel H. (Samuel Hutchison), 1911-2009.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Federal government--United States--History.
- Federal government.
- United States.
- History.
- Political science--United States--History.
- Political science.
- Political science--History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 474 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1993.
- Summary:
- Lyndon Johnson heralded a 'new federalism' as did Ronald Reagan. It was left to the public to puzzle out what such a proclamation, coming from both ends of the political spectrum, could possibly mean. Of one thing we can be certain: theories of federalism, in whatever form they take, are still shaping our nation. The origin of these theories - what they meant to history and how they apply today - becomes clear in this book by one of our most distinguished writers on political thought.A masterpiece of historical and political analysis, this book provides an innovative interpretive framework for understanding democracy and the American Constitution.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-457) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674893174
- OCLC:
- 25631558
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