Major Problems in American Constitutional History: Documents and Essays (Major Problems in American History Series) - Softcover

Hall, Kermit

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0669212105 ISBN 13: 9780669212105

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1991

Synopsis

Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the Major Problems series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in US history.This collection, designed to be the primary anthology for the introductory survey course, covers the entire chronological span of Constitutional history.Tracing the historical development of American constitutional thought, the Second Edition of this anthology presents the documents critical to constitutional development, including actual legal texts as well as the reactions of prominent legal minds.

About this title

About the Author:

Timothy S. Huebner is L. Palmer Brown Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the author of The Southern Judicial Tradition: State Judges and Sectional Distinctiveness, 1790-1890 and The Taney Court:  Justices, Rulings, and Legacy..             

Review:

[T]he new edition of Major Problems in American Constitutional History is a volume well suited for classroom use. It will find many adopters, and rightfully so.
-Sally Hadden, H-Law

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0669212105
• ISBN 13: 9780669212105
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 640