The Webster-Hayne Debate Defining Nationhood in the Early American Republic |
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| Author:
| Childers, Christopher |
| Series title: | Witness to History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-2614-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2018 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $47.99 |
Book Description:
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Two generations after the founding, Americans still disagreed on the nature of the Union: was it a confederation of sovereign states or a nation headed by a central government? To South Carolina Senator Robert H. Hayne and others of his mindset, only the vigilant protection of states' rights could hold off an attack on the southern way of life, ......
Two generations after the founding, Americans still disagreed on the nature of the Union: was it a confederation of sovereign states or a nation headed by a central government? To South Carolina Senator Robert H. Hayne and others of his mindset, only the vigilant protection of states' rights could hold off an attack on the southern way of life, ......