Max M Edling

A Revolution in Favor of Government

Origins of the U.S. Constitution and the Making of the American State

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

of the national government in society. The Constitution was the Federalists' promise of the benefits of governemnt without its costs. The Federalist proposed statecraft rather than strong central authority as the solution to governing.

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Taking advantage of a newly published letterpress edition of the constitutional debates. A Revolution in Favor of Government recovers a neglected strand of the Federalist argument, making a persuasive case for rethinking the formation of the federal American state.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780195148701
• ISBN-10: 0195148703
• Artikelnr.: 21473522

Autorenporträt

(Uppsala University and Visiting Fellow, Department of History, Cornell University)

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Beyond Madisonian Federalism
Part One: Interpreting the Debate over Ratification
1: Legitimacy and Meaning: The Significance of Public Debate to the Adoption of the Constitution
2: The Elusive Meaning of the Debate over Ratification
3: European States, American Contexts
4: The Ideological Response to State Expansion
Part Two: Military Powers
5: An Impotent Congress
6: Independence, Commerce, and Military Strength
7: A Government of Force
8: Government by Consent
9: The Federalists and the Uses of Military Powers
Part Three: Fiscal Powers
10: Congressional Insolvency
11: Unlimited Taxation, Public Credit and the Strength of Government
12: The Costs of Government
13: A Government for Free
14: The Federalists and the Uses of Fiscal Powers
Conclusion: The Constitution, the Federalists, and the American State