The failure of the founding fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy
Record details
- ISBN: 0674020057
- ISBN: 9780674020054
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (384 pages)
remote - Edition: 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: 2005. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The people's president: Introduction: America on the brink. The original misunderstanding. John Marshall for president. Jefferson counts himself in. On the brink. What went right? -- The people and the court: Introduction: constitutional brinksmanship. Federalist counterattack. Republican triumph. Marbury v. Stuart. Presidential purge. Synthesis. Reverberations -- Documents: Horatius's presidential knot. Judge Bassett's protest. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. History. |