American sovereigns : the people and America's constitutional tradition before the Civil War

American sovereigns : the people and America's constitutional tradition before the Civil War / Christian G. Fritz.

Author/creator	Fritz, Christian G., 1953-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description	xi, 427 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Constituent power--United States --History. People (Constitutional law)--United States --History. States' rights (American politics)--United States --History. Federal government--United States --History. Constitutional history--United States.

Series	Cambridge studies on the American Constitution Cambridge studies on the American Constitution. ^A697515
Contents	"Prologue" -- The people's sovereignty in the states -- "Revolutionary constitutionalism" -- "Grass-roots self-government : America's early determinist movements" -- "Revolutionary tensions : 'friends of government' confront 'the Regulators' in Massachusetts" -- The sovereign behind the Federal Constitution -- "The Federal Constitution and the effort to constrain the people" -- "Testing the constitutionalism of 1787 : the whiskey 'rebellion' in Pennsylvania" -- "Federal sovereignty : competing views of the Federal Constitution" -- The struggle over a constitutional middle ground -- "The collective sovereign persists : the people's constitution in Rhode Island" -- "Epilogue".
Local note	Little-354835--305131034332S
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-410) and index.
LCCN	2007013827
ISBN	9780521881883 (hardback)
ISBN	0521881889 (hardback)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	KF 4881 .F75 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold