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The age of strict construction : a history of the growth of federal power, 1789-1861 / Peter Zavodnyik.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zavodnyik, Peter, 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Ratification, 1787-1788
- The Federalists, 1789-1801
- The Republicans, 1801-1829
- The market republic, 1829-1850
- The fall of the republic, 1850-1861.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1706-7
- OCLC:
- 427511059
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