The ideological origins of American federalism
By: Alison L. LaCroix.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780674048867
Subjects: Federal government -- United States -- History; United States -- Politics and government; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a well-constructed union; title: The federal idea; title: Dividing lawmaking power; title: The debates over sovereignty; title: Forging a federated union; title: The authority of a central government; title: Jurisdiction as the battlefield; title: Epilogue: federalism demystified.