Federal ground : governing property and violence in the first U.S. territories / Gregory Ablavsky.
2021
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Title
Federal ground : governing property and violence in the first U.S. territories / Gregory Ablavsky.
Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Description
1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour).
Series
Oxford legal history series.
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online.
Summary
Federal Ground shows how the federal government gained authority in a borderland that many groups made their own claims to control. Although on paper the federal government enjoyed almost exclusive control over the territories, it actually gained authority because territorial residents wanted things from this new federal government - confirmation of rights to land, to jurisdiction, to money. Often, those residents - Native peoples, Anglo-American settlers, French villagers - were able to successfully exploit the federal government. But they became increasingly reliant on that government in the process, couching their claims in the language of federal law and turning to federal officials to claim rights.
Note
Also issued in print: 2021.
Federal Ground shows how the federal government gained authority in a borderland that many groups made their own claims to control. Although on paper the federal government enjoyed almost exclusive control over the territories, it actually gained authority because territorial residents wanted things from this new federal government - confirmation of rights to land, to jurisdiction, to money. Often, those residents - Native peoples, Anglo-American settlers, French villagers - were able to successfully exploit the federal government. But they became increasingly reliant on that government in the process, couching their claims in the language of federal law and turning to federal officials to claim rights.
Federal Ground shows how the federal government gained authority in a borderland that many groups made their own claims to control. Although on paper the federal government enjoyed almost exclusive control over the territories, it actually gained authority because territorial residents wanted things from this new federal government - confirmation of rights to land, to jurisdiction, to money. Often, those residents - Native peoples, Anglo-American settlers, French villagers - were able to successfully exploit the federal government. But they became increasingly reliant on that government in the process, couching their claims in the language of federal law and turning to federal officials to claim rights.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 11, 2021).
Location
www
Available in Other Form
Print version :
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Alternate Title
Oxford Scholarship Online.
Oxford Academic.
Oxford Academic.
Language
English
Audience
Specialized.
ISBN
9780190905729 (ebook)
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