Statehood and union : a history of the Northwest Ordinance /

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This new edition of Statehood and Union: A History of the Northwest Ordinance, originally published in 1987, is an authoritative account of the origins and early history of American policy for territorial government, land distribution, and the admission of new states in the Old Northwest. In a new p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Onuf, Peter S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2019.
Temas:
United States. > Ordinance of 1787.
Ordinance of 1787 (United States)
1775-1865
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Northwest, Old > History > 1775-1865.
États-Unis (Vieux Nord-Ouest) > Histoire > 1775-1865.
United States > Old Northwest
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title; Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • MAPS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PREFACE TO THE 2019 EDITION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Liberty, Development, and Union: Visions of the West in the 1780s
  • 2. Squatters, Speculators, and Settlers: The Land Ordinance of 1785
  • 3. New States in the Expanding Union: The Territorial Government Ordinances
  • 4. From Territory to State
  • 5. Boundary Controversies
  • 6. Slavery and Freedom
  • 7. From Constitution to Higher Law
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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