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  • Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship

    African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants

    de Anna O. Law ...
    Since the late nineteenth century, the US federal government has enjoyed exclusive authority to decide whether someone has the ability to enter and stay in US territory. But freedom of movement was not guaranteed in the British colonies or early US. By contrast, voluntary migrants were met with strict laws and policies created by colonies and states, which denied free mobility and settlement in ... Leer más

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  • The Nation That Never Was

    Reconstructing America's Story

    " P ersuasively argues that we must liberate ourselves from our sentimentalized attachment to the 'Founders' and even the Declaration of Independence" --Sanford Levinson, author of Our Undemocratic ConstitutionThere's a common story we tell about America: that our fundamental values as a country were stated in the Declaration of Independence, fought for in the Revolution, and made law in the ... Leer más

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  • How Democratic Is the American Constitution?

    Second Edition

    Series series Castle Lecture Series
    In this provocative book, one of our most eminent political scientists poses the question, “Why should Americans uphold their constitution?” The vast majority of Americans venerate the Constitution and the democratic principles it embodies, but many also worry that the United States has fallen behind other nations on crucial issues, including economic equality, racial integration, and women’s ... Leer más

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  • The American Supreme Court

    Series series The Chicago History of American Civilization
    The sixth edition of the classic and concise account of the US Supreme Court, its history, and its place in American politics.For more than fifty years, Robert G. McCloskey's classic work on the Supreme Court's role in constructing the US Constitution has introduced generations of students to the workings of our nation's highest court.As in prior editions, McCloskey's original text remains ... Leer más

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  • The U.S. Constitution

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Though the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788, its impact on our lives is as recent as today's news. Claims and counterclaims about the constitutionality of governmental actions are a habit of American politics. This document, which its framers designed to limit power, often has made political conflict inevitable. It also has accommodated and legitimized the political and social changes of a ... Leer más

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  • The Right to Vote

    The Contested History of Democracy in the United States

    Originally published in 2000, The Right to Vote was widely hailed as a magisterial account of the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolution to the end of the twentieth century. In this revised and updated edition, Keyssar carries the story forward, from the disputed presidential contest of 2000 through the 2008 campaign and the election of Barack Obama. The Right to Vote is a sweeping ... Leer más

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  • Schoolhouse Burning

    Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy

    The full-scale assault on public education threatens not just public education but American democracy itselfPublic education as we know it is in trouble. Derek W. Black, a legal scholar and tenacious advocate, shows how major democratic and constitutional developments are intimately linked to the expansion of public education throughout American history. Schoolhouse Burning is grounded in ... Leer más

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  • Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy

    The Presidency, the Supreme Court, and Constitutional Leadership in U.S. History

    Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
    Should the Supreme Court have the last word when it comes to interpreting the Constitution? The justices on the Supreme Court certainly seem to think so--and their critics say that this position threatens democracy. But Keith Whittington argues that the Court's justices have not simply seized power and circumvented politics. The justices have had power thrust upon them--by politicians, for the ... Leer más

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  • We the Elites

    Why the US Constitution Serves the Few

    de Robert Ovetz ...
    Written by 55 of the richest white men of early America, and signed by only 39 of them, the constitution is the sacred text of American nationalism. Popular perceptions of it are mired in idolatry, myth and misinformation - many Americans have opinions on the constitution but have no idea what’s in it.This book exposes the constitution for what it is – a rulebook to protect capitalism for the ... Leer más

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  • Lochner v. New York

    Economic Regulation on Trial

    de Paul Kens ...
    Series series Landmark Law Cases and American Society
    Lochner v. New York (1905), which pitted a conservative activist judiciary against a reform-minded legislature, remains one of the most important and most frequently cited cases in Supreme Court history. In this concise and readable guide, Paul Kens shows us why the case remains such an important marker in the ideological battles between the free market and the regulatory state.The Supreme Court’s ... Leer más

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  • Silent Covenants

    Brown v. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform

    de Derrick Bell ...
    When the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education was handed down in 1954, many civil rights advocates believed that the decision, which declared public school segregation unconstitutional, would become the Holy Grail of racial justice. Fifty years later, despite its legal irrelevance and the racially separate and educationally ineffective state of public schooling for most ... Leer más

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