Without Precedent: John Marshall and His Times 9780525533276, 9781594488238, 0525533273

The frontier soldier -- A revolutionary capital -- Debating the constitution -- Slaves and hypocrites -- Innocence lost

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English Pages 512 pages Year 2018

Without Precedent: John Marshall and His Times
9780525533276, 9781594488238, 0525533273

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Marshall
John;Paul
Joel Richard

Table of contents :
The frontier soldier --
A revolutionary capital --
Debating the constitution --
Slaves and hypocrites --
Innocence lost --
Citizen Genet --
Entangling alliances --
Jay's treaty --
Talleyrand --
Not a sixpence --
Love and war --
Tossed into the Seine --
The XYZ papers --
The Jonathan Robbins affair --
Privateers and pirates --
The new order of things --
Showdown --
A strategic retreat --
Prizes of war --
High crimes --
Treason --
Estrangement --
The meaning of sovereignty --
Washington burning --
Friends and enemies --
The supreme law --
The pirate lottery --
The great steamboat case --
Public and private --
Right remains with the strongest --
An extravagant pretense --
In the conqueror's court --
A union prolonged by miracles.

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