Constituting empire
Subtitle: New York and the transformation of constitutionalism in the Atlantic world, 1664-1830.
Series: Studies in legal history
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 494
Subjects: Constitutional history -- New York (State); Political culture -- New York (State) -- History.; Constitutional history -- United States.; New York (State) -- Politics and government -- To 1775.; New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Empire and liberty; title: "Time immemorial" : the foundations of a British province; title: The multiple constitutions of New York, 1750-1777; title: The search for imperial law in the 1760s; title: Provincial resistance and garrison government; title: The state constitution of 1777; title: The imperial federalist: creating constitutional law; title: Empire state : constitutional politics, 1790-1825; title: An empire of law.