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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David P Currie |
ISBN: | 0226129160 9780226129167 |
OCLC Number: | 57452876 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | xviii, 322 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | The great petition fight -- South Carolina, Arkansas, and Liberia -- O Canada! -- Around the pole -- The great Southwest -- Brushfires -- Mr. Wilmot's proviso -- Mr. Clay's compromise -- The slippery slope -- The winter of our discontent. |
Responsibility: | David P. Currie. |
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"A patient and exemplary analysis of the work of the first six Congresses." - Times' Literary Supplement "Currie's impressive book reminds us that Congress transformed the Constitution from theory and aspiration to a government of 'concrete and functioning institutions.'" - Choice" Read more...
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