The Constitution in Congress
Subtitle: descent into the maelstrom, 1829-1861
By: David P. Currie.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: United States. Congress -- History; Constitutional history -- United States; Law -- United States -- History; Legislative power -- United States -- History; Executive power -- United States. -- History; United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The great petition fight; title: South Carolina, Arkansas, and Liberia; title: O Canada!; title: Around the pole; title: The great Southwest; title: Brushfires; title: Mr. Wilmot's proviso; title: Mr. Clay's compromise; title: The slippery slope; title: The winter of our discontent.