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23 produkter
Inventing Congress
Origins and Establishment of the First Federal Congress
Av Kenneth R. Bowling, Kenneth R. Bowling m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
616 kr
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On March 4, 1789, New York City's church bells pealed, cannons fired, and flags snapped in the wind to celebrate the date set for the opening of the First Federal Congress. In many ways the establishment of Congress marked the culmination of the American Revolution as the ship of state was launched …
House and Senate in the 1790s
Petitioning, Lobbying, and Institutional Development
Av Kenneth R. Bowling, Kenneth R. Bowling m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
789 kr
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Amid the turbulent swirl of foreign intrigue, external and internal threats to the young nation's existence, and the domestic partisan wrangling of the 1790s, the United States Congress solidified its role as the national legislature. The ten essays in The House and Senate in the 1790s demonstrate …
American Pantheon
Sculptural and Artistic Decoration of the United States Capitol
Av Donald R. Kennon, Donald R. Kennon m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
366 kr
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Like the ancient Roman Pantheon, the U.S. Capitol was designed by its political and aesthetic arbiters to memorialize the virtues, events, and persons most representative of the nation's ideals—an attempt to raise a particular version of the nation's founding to the level of myth.American Pantheon …
In the Shadow of Freedom
The Politics of Slavery in the National Capital
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2011
645 kr
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Few images of early America were more striking, and jarring, than that of slaves in the capital city of the world's most important free republic. Black slaves served and sustained the legislators, bureaucrats, jurists, cabinet officials, military leaders, and even the presidents who lived and …
Congress and the Crisis of the 1850s
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2011
645 kr
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During the long decade from 1848 to 1861 America was like a train speeding down the track, without an engineer or brakes. The new territories acquired from Mexico had vastly increased the size of the nation, but debate over their status—and more importantly the status of slavery within …
Lincoln, Congress, and Emancipation
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2016
697 kr
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"When Lincoln took office, in March 1861, the national government had no power to touch slavery in the states where it existed. Lincoln understood this, and said as much in his first inaugural address, noting: 'I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery …
Lincoln, Congress, and Emancipation
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Häftad, 2016
370 kr
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"When Lincoln took office, in March 1861, the national government had no power to touch slavery in the states where it existed. Lincoln understood this, and said as much in his first inaugural address, noting: 'I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery …
Congress and the People's Contest
The Conduct of the Civil War
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2018
703 kr
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The American Civil War was the first military conflict in history to be fought with railroads moving troops and the telegraph connecting civilian leadership to commanders in the field. New developments arose at a moment's notice. As a result, the young nation's political structure and culture often …
Congress and the People's Contest
The Conduct of the Civil War
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Häftad, 2018
370 kr
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The American Civil War was the first military conflict in history to be fought with railroads moving troops and the telegraph connecting civilian leadership to commanders in the field. New developments arose at a moment's notice. As a result, the young nation's political structure and culture often …
Ending the Civil War and Consequences for Congress
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2019
424 kr
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The social changes and human and economic costs of the Civil War led to profound legal and constitutional developments after it ended, not least of which were the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and the many laws devised to protect the civil rights of newly freed African Americans. These …
Civil War Congress and the Creation of Modern America
A Revolution on the Home Front
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2018
428 kr
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Most literature on the Civil War focuses on soldiers, battles, and politics. But for every soldier in the United States Army, there were nine civilians at home. The war affected those left on the home front in many ways. Westward expansion and land ownership increased. The draft disrupted families …
In the Shadow of Freedom
The Politics of Slavery in the National Capital
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
E-bok, 2011
981 kr
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Few images of early America were more striking, and jarring, than that of slaves in the capital city of the world's most important free republic. Black slaves served and sustained the legislators, bureaucrats, jurists, cabinet officials, military leaders, and even the presidents who lived and …
Congress and the Crisis of the 1850s
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
E-bok, 2011
960 kr
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During the long decade from 1848 to 1861 America was like a train speeding down the track, without an engineer or brakes. The new territories acquired from Mexico had vastly increased the size of the nation, but debate over their status—and more importantly the status of slavery within …
Lincoln, Congress, and Emancipation
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
E-bok, 2016
589 kr
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"When Lincoln took office, in March 1861, the national government had no power to touch slavery in the states where it existed. Lincoln understood this, and said as much in his first inaugural address, noting: 'I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery …
Congress and the People's Contest
The Conduct of the Civil War
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
E-bok, 2018
589 kr
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The American Civil War was the first military conflict in history to be fought with railroads moving troops and the telegraph connecting civilian leadership to commanders in the field. New developments arose at a moment's notice. As a result, the young nation's political structure and culture often …
The Committee on Ways and Means: A Bicentennial History 1789-1989
Av Rebecca M. Rogers, Donald R. Kennon
Häftad
482 kr
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Republic for the Ages
The United States Capitol and the Political Culture of the Early Republic
Inbunden, 1999
754 kr
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This volume in the series explores how the architecture of the Capitol is imbued with the political culture of its time. These essays emanate from the symposium held by the society to commemorate the bicentennial of the laying of the cornerstone of the United States Capitol.
United States Capitol
Designing and Decorating a National Icon
Av Donald R. Kennon, Donald R. Kennon
Häftad, 2000
366 kr
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The United States Capitol is a national cultural icon, and among the most visually recognized seats of government in the world. The past quarter century has witnessed an explosion of scholarly interest in the art and architectural history of the Capitol. The emergence of the historic preservation …
Neither Separate nor Equal
Congress in the 1790s
Av Kenneth R. Bowling, Kenneth R. Bowling m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
611 kr
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Scholars today take for granted the existence of a "wall of separation" dividing the three branches of the federal government. Neither Separate nor Equal: Congress in the 1790s demonstrates that such lines of separation among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, however, were neither …
Montgomery C. Meigs and the Building of the Nation's Capital
Av William C. Dickinson, William C. Dickinson m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
378 kr
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At the age of thirty-six, in 1852, Lt. Montgomery Cunningham Meigs of the Army Corps of Engineers reported to Washington, D.C., for duty as a special assistant to the chief army engineer, Gen. Joseph G. Totten. It was a fateful assignment, both for the nation's capital and for the bright, …
American Pantheon
Sculptural and Artistic Decoration of the United States Capitol
Av Donald R. Kennon, Donald R. Kennon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
869 kr
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Like the ancient Roman Pantheon, the U.S. Capitol was designed by its political and aesthetic arbiters to memorialize the virtues, events, and persons most representative of the nation's ideals—an attempt to raise a particular version of the nation's founding to the level of myth.American Pantheon …
Establishing Congress
The Removal to Washington, D.C., and the Election of 1800
Av Kenneth R. Bowling, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2005
611 kr
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Establishing Congress: The Removal to Washington, D.C., and the Election of 1800 focuses on the end of the 1790s, when, in rapid succession, George Washington died, the federal government moved to Washington, D.C., and the election of 1800 put Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republican Party in …
Congress and the Emergence of Sectionalism
From the Missouri Compromise to the Age of Jackson
Av Paul Finkelman, Donald R. Kennon
Inbunden, 2008
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639 kr
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In 1815 the United States was a proud and confident nation. Its second war with England had come to a successful conclusion, and Americans seemed united as never before. The collapse of the Federalist party left the Jeffersonian Republicans in control of virtually all important governmental …
