Patriots and Cosmopolitans
Author | : John Fabian Witt |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2009-06-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674045286 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674045289 |
Rating | : 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Download or read book Patriots and Cosmopolitans written by John Fabian Witt and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging from the founding era to Reconstruction, from the making of the modern state to its post-New Deal limits, John Fabian Witt illuminates the legal and constitutional foundations of American nationhood through the stories of five patriots and critics. In their own way, each of these individuals came up against the power of American national institutions to shape the directions of legal change.