States' Rights and the Union by Forrest Mcdonald
This work provides an exploration of the issues and events defining the tension between nation, authority and the doctrine of states' rights.-
Horace Mann's Troubling Legacy
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The Great Chief Justice
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John C. Calhoun's Theory of Republicanism
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John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and the Founding of America
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Understanding the Founding
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Interpreting the Founding
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Redeeming Democracy in America
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Pursuing the American Dream
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The Character of Freedom
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The Jury in America
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Our Limits Transgressed
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Commerce and Character
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The American Dream
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A Commercial Republic
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Abraham Lincoln and Liberal Democracy
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Patriot Fires
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Sovereign of a Free People
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Brandeis
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Peace Pact
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American Virtues
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African American Environmental Thought
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Republican Empire
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Father of Liberty
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The Learning of Liberty
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Benjamin Franklin Unmasked
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Frederick Douglass
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The Failure of Popular Sovereignty
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The Constitution's Penman
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Wendell Berry and the Agrarian Tradition
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Revolt Against Modernity
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Lincoln and Davis
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The Counterrevolutionary Shadow
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The American Liberal Tradition Reconsidered
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Union, Nation, or Empire
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Keeping the Republic
A bold, independent thinker, McDonald provides an indispensable history, replete with wise assessments, that may serve as a starting point for those who wish to form sound judgments on an intractable issue that has been central to American political experience" - Eugene D. Genovese in Atlantic Monthly
"A book on states' rights should include power struggles, authority issues, and great debates, and this book does not disappoint.... Presented with clarity and honesty." — Southern Historian
"A masterful book by one of America's premier historians." — North Carolina Historical Review
"A trenchant exploration of the issues and events defining the tension between nation; authority and the doctrine of states' rights. Thoughtful and compelling." — Choice
"A book on states' rights should include power struggles, authority issues, and great debates, and this book does not disappoint.... Presented with clarity and honesty." — Southern Historian
"A masterful book by one of America's premier historians." — North Carolina Historical Review
"A trenchant exploration of the issues and events defining the tension between nation; authority and the doctrine of states' rights. Thoughtful and compelling." — Choice
McDonald, Forrest: -
Forrest McDonald is Distinguished University Research Professor of History at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. He is the author of many books on American history including A Constitutional History of the United States, E Pluribus Unum, and Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780700612277 |
| ISBN 10 | 0700612270 |
| Title | States' Rights and the Union |
| Author | Forrest Mcdonald |
| Series | American Political Thought |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University Press of Kansas |
| Year published | 2000-10-30 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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