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- catalog abstract ""The Constitution of Empire offers a constitutional and historical survey of American territorial expansion from the founding era to the present day. The authors describe the Constitution's design for territorial acquisition and governance and examine the ways in which practice over the past two hundred years has diverged from that original vision."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13078679.
- catalog contributor b13078680.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government Philosophy.".
- catalog coverage "United States Territorial expansion.".
- catalog coverage "United States Territories and possessions Politics and government.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""The Constitution of Empire offers a constitutional and historical survey of American territorial expansion from the founding era to the present day. The authors describe the Constitution's design for territorial acquisition and governance and examine the ways in which practice over the past two hundred years has diverged from that original vision."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-255) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: from sea to shining sea ... and beyond -- pt. I. Acquiring territory. Fundamentals: lessons from Louisiana ; Forms: trouble with Texas? ; Limits: conquest and colonialism -- pt. II. Governing territory. Constitutional architecture I: territorial legislatures and executives ; Constitutional architecture II: territorial courts ; War and peace: military occupation and governance ; Bulwark or façade? The rights of territorial inhabitants ; Conclusion: imperial reflections.".
- catalog extent "x, 272 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0300102313 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government Philosophy.".
- catalog spatial "United States Territorial expansion.".
- catalog spatial "United States Territories and possessions Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "342.73/0413 22".
- catalog subject "Constitutional history United States.".
- catalog subject "Constitutional law United States.".
- catalog subject "E179.5 .L36 2004".
- catalog subject "Imperialism History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: from sea to shining sea ... and beyond -- pt. I. Acquiring territory. Fundamentals: lessons from Louisiana ; Forms: trouble with Texas? ; Limits: conquest and colonialism -- pt. II. Governing territory. Constitutional architecture I: territorial legislatures and executives ; Constitutional architecture II: territorial courts ; War and peace: military occupation and governance ; Bulwark or façade? The rights of territorial inhabitants ; Conclusion: imperial reflections.".
- catalog title "The constitution of empire : territorial expansion and American legal history / Gary Lawson and Guy Seidman.".
- catalog type "text".