Frontier Democracy: Constitutional Conventions in the Old Northwest

ISBN-13: 9781107090767 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 403 str.

Silvana R. Siddali

Opis

Frontier Democracy examines the debates over state constitutions in the antebellum Northwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) from the 1820s-50s.

Recenzje

'Frontier Democracy is an exhaustively researched account that provides fresh perspectives on several aspects of antebellum northwestern state conventions, most importantly in the attention given to the role of African Americans and women's groups outside the convention halls in trying to gain a hearing for various issues … In detailing the various ways that groups secured a hearing and occasional votes on citizenship issues in antebellum Northwest state constitutional conventions and analyzing the resulting debates in and out of these conventions, Siddali has broadened the scholarly focus and made a fine contribution to standard accounts.' John Dinan, The Annals of Iowa

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Delegates; 2. Constitutions; 3. Laws; 4. Lawmakers; 5. Judges; 6. Land rights; 7. Places; 8. Citizens; 9. Wives; 10. Banks; Epilogue.