A constitutional history of the United States
By: by Andrew C. McLaughlin
Series: The Century political science series
Publisher: D. Appleton-Century Co.
Published: 1935
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 833
Subjects: Constitutional history; Histoire constitutionnelle; Constituicao; Etats-Unis. Politique intérieure. Constitution
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pulitzer Prize, History, 1936.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The old empire; title: 3. The problem of imperial organization & the Albany Plan; title: 4. The writs of assistance and the Revenue Act; title: 5. The Stamp Act; title: 6. After the Stamp Act; title: 7. An obdurate parliament and obstinate colonies, 1769-1773 & the great controversy between governor and legislature in Massachusetts; title: 8. The Intolerable Acts & the arguments in denial of parliamentary authority; title: 9. The Congresses of 1774-1775; title: 10. The philosophy of the Revolution and the Declaration of Independence; title: 11. Early state constitutions; title: 12. The Articles of Confederation; title: 13. The tribulations of the Confederate Period & the chief problem of the time; title: 14. The Federal Convention : Determination to found a national government; title: Controversy and compromise; the essentials of Federalism; coercion of law and not of arms; title: Sectional diversity; slavery; the presidency; the philosophy of the fathers; title: 15. The adoption of the Constitution; title: 16. Organization of the government, Hamilton's financial policy, implied powers & the Judicial System; title: 17. The establishment of the Executive Departments and the development of the Cabinet; title: 18. The establishment of the authority of the Executive in foreign affairs; title: 19. The Alien and Sedition Acts; title: 20. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions; title: 21. The Election of 1800 & the repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801; title: 22. The Annexation of Louisiana; title: 23. John Marshall, Chief Justice, the early history of the Supreme Court & Marbury v. Madison; title: 24. The impeachment of Pickering and Chase & the Burr Conspiracy; title: 25. Federal and state differences, federalist opposition, the Embargo & the Olmstead Case; title: 26. The War of 1812; title: 27. Conditions after 1815, the rise of the new west & internal improvements; title: 28. The development of State Constitutions; title: 29. The Missouri Compromise; title: 30. Constitutional law under Chief Justice Marshall; title: 31. The party system and party machinery, the death of King Caucus; title: 32. Jackson and the bank, the emergence of the modern presidency; title: 33. Georgia and states' rights, South Carolina resorts to nullification, and the theories of John C. Calhoun; title: 34. Chief Justice Taney and the Supreme Court; title: 35. Early controversies over the slavery problem (1833-1842); title: 36. The annexation of Texas; title: 37. War with Mexico, the Wilmot Proviso, and slavery in the Territories; title: 38. The Compromise of 1850; title: 39. The repeal of the Missouri Compromise; title: 40. The Dred Scott Case; title: 41. The struggle for Kansas; title: 42. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates; title: 43. The eve of the Civil War; title: 44. Constitutional problems of the Civil War; title: 45. Reconstruction 1: early problems & radical victory; title: 46. Reconstruction 2: Congress has its way & impeachment; title: 47. Reconstruction 3: the Union restored, carpet baggers, and federal troops; title: 48. The Election of 1876; title: 49. The Fourteenth Amendment; title: 50. The later years of the Nineteenth Century, development of national authority, and the problem of imperialism; title: 51. Interstate commerce, railroads, trusts, amendments, the presidency, and conclusion.