Patriots and Cosmopolitans
Author | : John Fabian Witt |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2007-02-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 0674023609 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780674023604 |
Rating | : 4/5 (604 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Patriots and Cosmopolitans by : John Fabian Witt
Download or read book Patriots and Cosmopolitans written by John Fabian Witt and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 432 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, Witt illuminates the legal and constitutional foundations of American nationhood through the stories of five patriots and critics., each of whom came up against the power of national institutions to shape the directions of legal change.