The Imperial Republic : a Structural History of American Constitutionalism from the Colonial Era to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century / James G. Wilson.
2017
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Title
The Imperial Republic : a Structural History of American Constitutionalism from the Colonial Era to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century / James G. Wilson.
Edition
First edition.
Imprint
London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.
Description
1 online resource (pages)
Formatted Contents Note
Chapter Introduction
chapter 1 Constructing a Model of Republican Empires
chapter 2 Early Constitutional Structures
chapter 3 Creating the Imperial Constitution
chapter 4 The Struggle Over the Form, Character, and Direction of the New Empire
chapter 5 The Republican Empire of Conquest
chapter 6 Chief Justice John Marshall's Hamiltonian Empire: Turning Constitutional Conventions into Constitutional / Law
chapter 7 Imperial Competition During the Ante-Belleum Era
chapter 8 John C. Calhoun, Dred Scott v. Sandford, and the Lincoln-Douglas Debates: Tinning Constitutional Theories and Conventions into Constitutional Law
chapter 9 The Formation of the Modem American Empire.
chapter 1 Constructing a Model of Republican Empires
chapter 2 Early Constitutional Structures
chapter 3 Creating the Imperial Constitution
chapter 4 The Struggle Over the Form, Character, and Direction of the New Empire
chapter 5 The Republican Empire of Conquest
chapter 6 Chief Justice John Marshall's Hamiltonian Empire: Turning Constitutional Conventions into Constitutional / Law
chapter 7 Imperial Competition During the Ante-Belleum Era
chapter 8 John C. Calhoun, Dred Scott v. Sandford, and the Lincoln-Douglas Debates: Tinning Constitutional Theories and Conventions into Constitutional Law
chapter 9 The Formation of the Modem American Empire.
Summary
"This title was first published in 2002. The Imperial Republic addresses the enduring relationship that the American constitution has with the concept of empire?. Early activists frequently used the word to describe the nation they wished to create through revolution and later reform. The book examines what the Framers of the Constitution meant when they used the term empire? and what such self-conscious empire building tells Americans about the underlying goals of their constitutional system. Utilizing the author's extensive research from colonial times to the turn of the twentieth century, the book concludes that imperial ambition has profoundly influenced American constitutional law, theory and politics. It uses several analytical techniques to ascertain the multiple meanings of such fundamental words as empire? and republic? and demonstrates that such concepts have at least four levels of meaning. Relying on numerous examples, it further concludes that American leaders frequently (even proudly) used the word with some of its most domineering implications."--Provided by publisher.
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Alternate Title
Taylor & Francis Online
Language
English
ISBN
9781315190204 (e-book)
1315190206
9781351748407
1351748408
9781351748384
1351748386
1315190206
9781351748407
1351748408
9781351748384
1351748386
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