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The Constitution in Congress [electronic resource] : descent into the maelstrom, 1829-1861 / David P. Currie.

By: Currie, David P.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005Description: xviii, 322 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): United States. Congress -- History | Constitutional history -- United States | Law -- United States -- History | Legislative power -- United States -- History | Executive power -- United States -- History | United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 342.7302/9 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The great petition fight -- South Carolina, Arkansas, and Liberia -- O Canada! -- Around the pole -- The great Southwest -- Brushfires -- Mr. Wilmot's proviso -- Mr. Clay's compromise -- The slippery slope -- The winter of our discontent.

Includes index.

The great petition fight -- South Carolina, Arkansas, and Liberia -- O Canada! -- Around the pole -- The great Southwest -- Brushfires -- Mr. Wilmot's proviso -- Mr. Clay's compromise -- The slippery slope -- The winter of our discontent.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.