The Laws That Shaped America: Fifteen Acts of Congress and Their Lasting Impact

ISBN-13: 9780415999731 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 530 str.

W. Johnson Dennis

Opis

Dennis W. Johnson tells the story of fifteen major laws enacted over the course of two centuries of American democracy, for each looking at the forces and circumstances that led to its enactment-the often tempestuous political struggles, the political players who were key in proposing or enacting the legislation, and the impact of the legislation and its place in American history.

Spis treści

1. Westward Expansion: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the Louisiana Purchase Ratification of 1803  2. Slavery and the Territories: Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854  3. The Promise of Land: The Homestead Act of 1862 and the Morrill Act of 1862  4. Women Gain the Right to Vote: The Nineteenth Amendment of 1919  5. Protecting the Working Family: The National Labor Relations Act of 1935  6. The Grand Contract: The Social Security Act of 1935  7. The Promise to America’s Veterans: The G. I. Bill of 1944  8. The Recovery of Western Europe: The Marshall Plan of 1948  9. Ribbons of Highway: The Interstate Highway Act of 1956  10. Assuring Equality, Guaranteeing Democracy: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and The Voting Rights Act of 1965  11. The Lifeline to the Elderly and Poor: The Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965  12. Protecting the Environment: The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969  13. The Laws That Shaped America.  Appendix: Other Major Legislation

O autorze

Dennis W. Johnson is professor and former associate dean of the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management, Washington, D.C. He is the author of Congress Online: Bridging the Gap between Citizens and their Representatives (Routledge, 2004) and No Place for Amateurs: How Political Consultants are Reshaping American Democracy (Second edition, Routledge, 2007).