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OverviewTracing the political, ideological, and constitutional arguments from the imperial crisis with Britain and the drafting of the Articles of Confederation to the ratification of the Constitution and the political conflict between Federalists and Jeffersonians, The American Revolution, State Sovereignty, and the American Constitutional Settlement, 1765–1800 reveals the largely forgotten importance of state sovereignty to American constitutionalism. Contrary to modern popular perceptions and works by other academics, the Founding Fathers did not establish a constitutional system based upon a national popular sovereignty nor a powerful national government designed to fulfill a grand philosophical purpose. Instead, most Americans throughout the period maintained that a constitutional order based upon the sovereignty of states best protected and preserved liberty. Enshrining their preference for state sovereignty in Article II of the Articles of Confederation and in the Tenth and Eleventh Amendments to the federal constitution, Americans also claimed that state interposition—the idea that the states should intervene against any perceived threats to liberty posed by centralization—was an established and accepted element of state sovereignty. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Aaron N. ColemanPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9781498500647ISBN 10: 1498500641 Pages: 294 Publication Date: 08 August 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Establishing the Revolutionary Settlement Chapter 1: King-in-Colonial Assembly: The Background to State Sovereignty Chapter 2: Establishing and Debating the Nature of State Sovereignty: Articles of Confederation and the Politics of Early 1780s Chapter 3: Trying to Altering the Settlement: The Critical Period and the Constitutional Convention Chapter 4: Ratification the Constitution and Continuation of the Settlement Part II: Defending the Revolutionary Settlement Chapter 5: Preserving State Sovereignty: The Judiciary Act and the Tenth Amendment Chapter 6: Breaking the Promise: Hamiltonianism Chapter 7: The Settlement Defended: Republican Counter-Attack and the Eleventh Amendment Chapter 8: The Settlement Secured: Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and the Defeat of the Federal Common Law ConclusionReviewsColeman has done a great service to the prestige of the academic community.... For once, an academic book has bucked the groupthink so pervasive in the ivory tower and has given us room to hope. Too bad...[some] will inevitably dismiss it as some 'originalist' fantasy. That will say more about them than it does about Coleman's skill as a historian or his attention to detail both of which are exemplary, as is his book. * The Abbeville Blog * Properly understanding the American constitutional founding is both vital and difficult. Professor Coleman has mastered the large and complex literature of the subject and given us a refreshing new perspective. It turns out that, after all, the role of the States was more important than we have been led to believe. -- Clyde N. Wilson, University of South Carolina Aaron N. Coleman's new book on the place of state sovereignty in the Founders' federal system makes clear again what everyone once knew: that `No taxation without representation' was a claim to government by the state legislatures whose power was primary when the Imperial Crisis began, and that the U.S. Constitution was sold as perpetuating that principle. Contrary to today's trendy teaching, Alexander Hamilton, John Marshall, and their fellow nationalists lost the battle over the Constitution in 1787-90, and today's system amounts to an inversion of what the Revolution was intended to establish. -- Kevin R. C. Gutzman, Western Connecticut State University, author of <i>James Madison and the Making of America</i> This groundbreaking book allows readers to understand the Founders' vision for the American Republic with greater accuracy and scrupulousness than previously available, and while the scholarship of myriad historians and political theorists are critiqued with great care, this study recovers the authentic basis for the political compact and the perpetuation of the regime. The book constitutes a significant accomplishment. -- H. Lee Cheek Jr., East Georgia State College Nathan Coleman treads new ground in the history of the United States under the Articles of Confederation. By purposefully avoiding the standard `nationalist' narrative of the Founding era, Coleman successfully challenges a number of long-held assumptions about the origin of American constitutionalism. He boldly explains deep disagreements among American local and national leaders-many long since forgotten or overshadowed by those we venerate today. In doing so, Coleman sheds new light on early commitments to states' rights, the purpose of political independence, the initial goals of the American union, and concerns about the sustainability of the Articles of Confederation. -- Carey M. Roberts, Liberty University Author InformationAaron N. Coleman is associate professor of history and higher education at the University of the Cumberlands. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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