American sovereigns: The people and America’s constitutional tradition before the civil war

American Sovereigns: The People and America's Constitutional Tradition Before the Civil War

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-427

  Fritz, Christian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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