| The Constitutional History of the Louisiana Purchase: 1803-1812 Contributor(s): Brown, Everett Somerville (Author) |
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ISBN: 1596052627 ISBN-13: 9781596052628 Publisher: Cosimo Classics OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | United States - 19th Century - Political Science | Constitutions |
| Dewey: 342.73 |
| LCCN: 2006273545 |
| Series: Cosimo Classics History |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 8" (0.64 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Mississippi River Basin - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The United States Constitution has no specific grant to acquire territory, yet the U.S. has expanded from the East Coast to the West, from thirteen colonies to fifty states. One of the nation's most important-and very early-acquisitions was the Louisiana Purchase during Thomas Jefferson's presidential administration. In The Constitutional History of the Louisiana Purchase, author Everett Somerville Brown examines the legal aspects of this purchase and the constitutional interpretations the statesmen and legislators of the time developed as a consequence. Brown also looks at the Breckinridge Bill, which granted the president the power to appoint all government officials in the new territory; Jefferson's plans for the settlement of Louisiana; and the status of the inhabitants of the territory, with special emphasis on Native American and slavery issues. EVERETT SOMERVILLE BROWN (1886-1964) also authored William Plumer's Memorandum of Proceedings in the United States Senate 1803-1807 and Ratification of the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. |