| World War I and the American Constitution Contributor(s): Ross, William G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 110709464X ISBN-13: 9781107094642 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $67.44 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Law | Constitutional - History | Military - World War I |
| Dewey: 342.730 |
| LCCN: 2016046813 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies on the American Constitution |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.24" W x 9.39" (1.53 lbs) 402 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The First World War profoundly affected the American political system by transforming constitutional law and providing the predicate for the modern administrative state. In this groundbreaking study, William G. Ross examines the social, political, economic and legal forces that generated this rapid change. Ross explains how the war increased federal and state economic regulatory powers, transferred power from Congress to the President, and altered federalism by enhancing the powers of the federal government. He demonstrates how social changes generated by the war provided a catalyst for the expansion of personal liberties, including freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the rights of women, racial minorities, and industrial workers. Through a study of constitutional law, gender, race, economics, labor, the prohibition movement, international relations, civil liberties, and society, this book provides a major contribution to our understanding of the development of the American Constitution. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ross, William G.: - William G. Ross is the Lucille Stewart Beeson Professor of Law at Samford University, Alabama. His previous books include A Muted Fury: Populists, Progressives, and Labor Unions Confront the Courts, 1890-1937 (1994), Forging New Freedoms: Nativism, Education, and the Constitution (1994), and The Chief Justiceship of Charles Evans Hughes, 1930-1941 (2007). |