TY  - BOOK
AU  - Currie,David P.
TI  - The Constitution in Congress: descent into the maelstrom, 1829-1861 
SN  - 9780226131160
AV  - KF4541 .C833 2005
U1  - 342.73029 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Chicago, Ill.
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - History
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - Law
KW  - Legislative power
KW  - Executive power
KW  - ukslc
KW  - United States of America, USA
KW  - thema
KW  - 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
KW  - Politics & government
KW  - Constitution: government & the state
KW  - Jurisprudence & general issues
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1815-1861
N1  - Includes index; Specialized
N2  - This biography of the US constitution offers a survey of the congressional history behind its development. David Currie looks at the debate over slavery and how this divisive issue led the country into civil war, focusing on the period from the Jacksonian revolution of 1829 to the secession of the Southern States
UR  - http://chicago.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7208/chicago/9780226131160.001.0001/upso-9780226129167
ER  -