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Book America s Constitution

    Book Details:
  • Author : Akhil Reed Amar
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 2012-02-29
  • ISBN : 1588364879
  • Pages : 672 pages

Download or read book America s Constitution written by Akhil Reed Amar and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In America’s Constitution, one of this era’s most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the world’s great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this “biography” of America’s framing document explains not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution says it. We all know this much: the Constitution is neither immutable nor perfect. Amar shows us how the story of this one relatively compact document reflects the story of America more generally. (For example, much of the Constitution, including the glorious-sounding “We the People,” was lifted from existing American legal texts, including early state constitutions.) In short, the Constitution was as much a product of its environment as it was a product of its individual creators’ inspired genius. Despite the Constitution’s flaws, its role in guiding our republic has been nothing short of amazing. Skillfully placing the document in the context of late-eighteenth-century American politics, America’s Constitution explains, for instance, whether there is anything in the Constitution that is unamendable; the reason America adopted an electoral college; why a president must be at least thirty-five years old; and why–for now, at least–only those citizens who were born under the American flag can become president. From his unique perspective, Amar also gives us unconventional wisdom about the Constitution and its significance throughout the nation’s history. For one thing, we see that the Constitution has been far more democratic than is conventionally understood. Even though the document was drafted by white landholders, a remarkably large number of citizens (by the standards of 1787) were allowed to vote up or down on it, and the document’s later amendments eventually extended the vote to virtually all Americans. We also learn that the Founders’ Constitution was far more slavocratic than many would acknowledge: the “three fifths” clause gave the South extra political clout for every slave it owned or acquired. As a result, slaveholding Virginians held the presidency all but four of the Republic’s first thirty-six years, and proslavery forces eventually came to dominate much of the federal government prior to Lincoln’s election. Ambitious, even-handed, eminently accessible, and often surprising, America’s Constitution is an indispensable work, bound to become a standard reference for any student of history and all citizens of the United States.

Book Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians

Download or read book Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians written by Kimberly Johnston-Dodds and published by California Research Bureau. This book was released on 2002 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created by the California Research Bureau at the request of Senator John L. Burton, this Web-site is a PDF document on early California laws and policies related to the Indians of the state and focuses on the years 1850-1861. Visitors are invited to explore such topics as loss of lands and cultures, the governors and the militia, reports on the Mendocino War, absence of legal rights, and vagrancy and punishment.

Book The Indian World of George Washington

Download or read book The Indian World of George Washington written by Colin Gordon Calloway and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian World of George Washington offers a fresh portrait of the most revered American and the Native Americans whose story has been only partially told.

Book Public Affairs

Download or read book Public Affairs written by William M. Hammond and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1988 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: United States Army in Vietnam. CMH Pub. 91-13. Draws upon previously unavailable Army and Defense Department records to interpret the part the press played during the Vietnam War. Discusses the roles of the following in the creation of information policy: Military Assistance Command's Office of Information in Saigon; White House; State Department; Defense Department; and the United States Embassy in Saigon.

Book The Bureau Of Indian Affairs

Download or read book The Bureau Of Indian Affairs written by Theodore W Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landmark legislation, such as the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, as well as increasing federal subsidies for Native Americans, growing demand for the energy resources located on the 50 million acres of Native American lands, expanding numbers of Native Americans and their interest groups, devastating reservation unemployment, and other factors have in the last decade radically changed the environment in which the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) operates. This book presents an up-to-date description and analysis of the BIA, including its missions, organization, functions, administration, problems, and decision-making and -implementing processes. Attention is given, too, to the often friction-laden interactions of the BIA and other governmental units (among them the Department of the Interior, Office of Management and Budget, Congress, the courts, Indian Health Service, and tribal, state, and local governments) with each other and with Indian interests. Abundant tables provide information on such topics as the 1980 Indian population and land by state, BIA budgets, and agricultural and mineral production on Indian lands. Dr. Taylor examines the current operations of the Bureau under the Reagan administration and explores possible policy decisions that will affect Native Americans as well as non-Indian citizens. The book includes a foreword by Phillip Martin, chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and president of the National Tribal Chairmen's Association.

Book American State Papers

Download or read book American State Papers written by USA and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior

Download or read book Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior written by United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders  1789 1878

Download or read book The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders 1789 1878 written by Robert W. Coakley and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1996-04 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the essential elements of the incidents from the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794 to the Reconstruction that followed the Civil War and the ways in which federal military force was applied in each case. Includes: the Fries Rebellion, the Burr Conspiracy, Slave Rebellions, the Nullification Crisis, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Riots, the 3Buckshot War2, the Patriot War, the Dorr Rebellion, the Army as Posse Comitatus, San Francisco Vigilantes, the Utah Expedition, the Civil War, etc. Extensive bibliography. Index. Full-color and b&w photos and maps.

Book Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs  for the Year

Download or read book Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Year written by United States. Office of Indian Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Congressional Record

Download or read book Congressional Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Senate Documents

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States Senate
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1867
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 664 pages

Download or read book Senate Documents written by United States Senate and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Condition of the Indian Tribes

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress. Joint Special Committee to Inquire into the Condition of the Indian Tribes
  • Publisher : Kraus Reprint. Company
  • Release : 1973
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 544 pages

Download or read book Condition of the Indian Tribes written by United States. Congress. Joint Special Committee to Inquire into the Condition of the Indian Tribes and published by Kraus Reprint. Company. This book was released on 1973 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report (p.1-10) is followed by an Appendix ([ii]+532 p.) containing letters, field dispatches, and military orders on the progress of the Indian Wars in 1862-65, and depositions and letters from Indian Agents in 1865 replying to questions from the Office of Indian Affairs.

Book House Documents  Otherwise Publ  as Executive Documents

Download or read book House Documents Otherwise Publ as Executive Documents written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Download or read book Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs written by United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The role of federal military forces in domestic disorders  1877 1945

Download or read book The role of federal military forces in domestic disorders 1877 1945 written by Clayton D. Laurie and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1997-07-15 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CMH 30-15. Army Historical Series. 2nd of three planned volumes on the history of Army domestic support operations. This volume encompasses the period of the rise of industrial America with attendant social dislocation and strife. Major themes are: the evolution of the Army's role in domestic support operations; its strict adherence to law; and the disciplined manner in which it conducted these difficult and often unpopular operations.