States' Rights and the Union: Imperium in Imperio, 1776-1876 (American Political Thought (University Press of Kansas))
"A bold, independent thinker, McDonald provides an indispensable history, replete with wise assessments."  --Eugene D. Genovese in Atlantic Monthly"A book on states’ rights should include power struggles, authority issues, and great debates, and this book does not disappoint."  --Southern Historian"A masterful book by one of America’s premier historians."  --North Carolina Historical Review"A trenchant exploration of the issues and events defining the tension between national authority and the doctrine of states’ rights."  --Choice"One could ask for no better introduction into this important and often complicated history."  --Times Literary Supplement