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Taylor & Francis Liberty and Union A Constitutional History of the United States concise edition 2014 Edition by Edgar J. McManus, Tara Helfman
This, the concise edition of Liberty and Union, is an abridged constitutional history of the United States, designed for short single-semester courses, comprising the key topics from Volumes 1 and 2.Written in a clear and engaging narrative style, it successfully unites thorough chronological coverage with a thematic approach, offering critical analysis of core constitutional history topics, set in the political, social, and economic context that made them constitutional issues in the first place. Combining a thoughtful and balanced narrative with an authoritative stance on key issues, the authors deliberately explain the past in the light of the past, without imposing upon it the standards of later generations.Authored by two experienced professors in the field, this concise edition presents seminal topics while retaining the narrative flow of the two full original volumes. An accessible alternative to dense scholarly works, this textbook avoids unnecessary technical jargon, defines legal terms and historical personalities where appropriate, and makes explicit connections between constitutional themes and historical events. For students in a short undergraduate or postgraduate constitutional history course, or anyone with a general interest in constitutional developments, this book will be essential reading.Useful features include:Full glossary of legal terminologyRecommended readingA table of casesExtracts from primary documentsCompanion websiteUseful documents provided:Declaration of IndependenceArticles of ConfederationConstitution of the United States of AmericaChronological list of Supreme Court justices Table of contents :- I. English and Colonial OriginsII. Independence and NationhoodIII. A More Perfect UnionIV. Launching the New GovernmentV. Jeffersonian RepublicanismVI. John Marshall and Judicial NationalismVII. Majority Rule and Sectional RightsVIII. More Power to the StatesIX. Slavery and the ConstitutionX. The Crisis of the UnionXI. Reconstructing the NationXII. Promises BetrayedXIII. Property Rights and Judicial ActivismXIV. Progressivism and the New NationalismXV. World War I and the ConstitutionXVI. Normalcy and ReactionXVII. The New Deal RevolutionXVIII. The New ConstitutionalismXIX. World War II and the ConstitutionXX. The Era of the Cold WarXXI. Earl Warren Takes the HelmXXII. A Decade of Change and ProgressXXIII. The New Judicial ActivismXXIV. Nationalizing Criminal Due ProcessXXV. An Era of Discord and CrisisXXVI. Progress on First Amendment RightsXXVII. Civil Rights and Affirmative ActionXXVIII. Protecting Individual LibertyXXIX. Criminal Due Process after WarrenXXX. Civilizing the Death PenaltyXXXI. Politics and the ConstitutionXXXII. The New MillenniumXXXIII.The Roberts CourtRecommended Reading AppendicesTable of Cases