Democracy : a case study /
Moss, David A.,1964-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
E pluribus unum -- James Madison, the "Federal negative," and the making of the U.S. Constitution (1787) -- Battle over a bank : defining the limits of Federal power under a new constitution (1791) -- Democracy, sovereignty, and the struggle over Cherokee removal (1836) -- Banking and politics in antebellum New York (1838) -- Property, suffrage, and the "right of revolution" in Rhode Island (1842) -- Debt and democracy : the New York Constitutional Convention of 1846 -- The struggle over public education in early America (1851) -- A nation divided : the United States and the challenge of secession (1861) -- Race, justice, and the jury system in postbellum Virginia (1880) -- An Australian ballot for California? (1891) -- Labor, capital, and government : the anthracite coal strike of 1902 -- "The jungle" and the debate over Federal meat inspection (1906) -- The battle over the initiative and referendum in Massachusetts (1918) -- Regulating radio in the age of broadcasting (1927) -- The Pecora hearings (1932-34) -- Martin Luther King and the struggle for Black voting rights (1965) -- Democracy and women's rights in America : the fight over the ERA (1982) -- Leadership and independence at the Federal Reserve (2009) -- "Citizens United" and corporate speech (2010) -- Appendix. Follow-ups to cases.
Democracy
Social conflict
Democracy.
Politics and government.
Social conflict