Virginia and State Rights, 1750-1861: The Genesis and Promotion of a Doctrine

ISBN-13: 9780786443949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 284 str.

Charles Pinnegar

Opis

Focuses exclusively on state rights to reveal the doctrine's genesis, planks, and variations from colonial to Civil War times. This book looks particularly at the doctrine within Virginia, examining how the concept of state rights became the backbone of the Old Dominion's understanding of the Union for at least seven decades.