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Andrew Jackson and the Constitution : the rise and fall of generational regimes
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Andrew Jackson and the Constitution : the rise and fall of generational regimes / Gerard N. Magliocca.
ISBN
9780700615094 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700615091 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2007.
Physical Description
xi, 186 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 18, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-178) and index.
Contents
Introduction : on the constitutional rhythm
The rise of Jacksonian democracy
Presidential reconstruction
Judicial resistance : Worcester v. Georgia
The bank veto and the election of 1832
Triumph and tears
Chance and the Whig false positive
The rise of abolitionism
Judicial resistance : Dred Scott v. Sandford
The Fourteenth Amendment in Jackson's shadow
Conclusion : in search of the missing Constitution.
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