Unruly Americans and the origins of the Constitution /
Holton, Woody.
Unruly Americans and the origins of the Constitution / Woody Holton. - New York : Hill and Wang, 2007. - xi, 370 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bricks without straw : grievances -- The fault is all your own : rebuttals -- To relieve the distressed : demands -- Save the people : requisition -- Who will call this justice? : quarrels -- Idle drones: economics -- The fate of republican govt : redemption -- A revolution which ought to be glorious : disenchantment -- A murmuring underneath : rebellion -- Excess of democracy? : reform -- The house on fire : credit -- Divide et impera : statecraft -- More adequate to the purposes : revenue -- Take up the reins : ratification -- More productive and less oppressive : taxes -- As if impounded : consolidation.
9780809080618 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0809080613 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780809016433 (pbk.)
2007004931
KF4541 / .H58 2007
342.7302 Hol
Unruly Americans and the origins of the Constitution / Woody Holton. - New York : Hill and Wang, 2007. - xi, 370 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bricks without straw : grievances -- The fault is all your own : rebuttals -- To relieve the distressed : demands -- Save the people : requisition -- Who will call this justice? : quarrels -- Idle drones: economics -- The fate of republican govt : redemption -- A revolution which ought to be glorious : disenchantment -- A murmuring underneath : rebellion -- Excess of democracy? : reform -- The house on fire : credit -- Divide et impera : statecraft -- More adequate to the purposes : revenue -- Take up the reins : ratification -- More productive and less oppressive : taxes -- As if impounded : consolidation.
9780809080618 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0809080613 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780809016433 (pbk.)
2007004931
KF4541 / .H58 2007
342.7302 Hol