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The right of instruction and representation in American legislatures, 1778-1900 / Peverill Squire.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Squire, Peverill, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress--History.
- United States.
- United States. Congress.
- History.
- Representative government and representation--United States--History.
- Representative government and representation.
- U.S. states--Politics and government.
- Legislative bodies.
- Constituent power.
- Representative government and representation--United States--States--History.
- Constituent power--United States--History.
- Constituent power--United States--States--History.
- Legislative bodies--United States--States--History.
- U.S. states--Politics and government--18th century.
- U.S. states.
- U.S. states--Politics and government--19th century.
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--19th century.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The Right of Instruction and Representation in American Legislatures, 1778-1900 provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that constituent instructions played in American politics from 1778 to the end of the nineteenth century. Constituent instructions were more widely issued than previously thought, and members of state legislatures and Congress were more likely to obey them than political scientists and historians have assumed. Peverill Squire expands our understanding of constituent instructions beyond a handful of high-profile cases, through analyses of two unique data sets: one examining more than 5,000 actionable communications (instructions and requests) sent to state legislators by constituents through town meetings, mass meeting, and local representative bodies; the other examines more than 6,600 actionable communications directed by state legislatures to their state's congressional delegations. The data, examples, and quotes are drawn almost entirely from original sources, including government documents such as legislative journals, session laws, town and county records, and newspaper stories, as well as diaries, memoirs, and other contemporary sources. Squire also includes instructions to and from Confederate state legislatures in both data sets. In every respect, the Confederate state legislatures mirrored the legislatures that preceded and followed them.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472128471
- 0472128477
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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