States' Rights and the Union

A respected historian traces the states' rights idea from the Declaration of Independence to the end of Reconstruction, illuminating the constitutional, political, and economic contexts in which it evolved, and focusing on the concept of "imperium in imperio", the division of power within a single jurisdiction.

Forrest McDonald is Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of Alabama.

Preface

vii

Prologue: The Problem of Divided Sovereignty

1

(6)

The Compact

7

(20)

The Federalist Era

27

(20)

The Jeffersonians

47

(24)

An Era of Mixed Feelings, 1815--1828

71

(26)

States' Rights Triumphant

97

(24)

Government in Limbo, 1837--1845

121

(22)

A Changed Dynamic, 1845--1852

143

(22)

Dissolving the Union

165

(28)

Civil War and Reconstruction

193

(30)

Epilogue: The Doctrine Transformed

223

(12)

Notes

235

(48)

Index

283

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States' Rights and the Union

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