Laboratory for Liberty: The South Carolina Legislative Committee System 1719-1776

by George Edward Frakes

This comprehensive study highlights the importance of legislative and extralegal committees in the political and institutional development of early American history, showing how the colonial experience modified a basic British institution, using it in the cause of legislative supremacy and, eventually, independence. The book illuminates the role played by committees in the growth of colonial self-government, tracing the committee system to its origins...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813152321
• ISBN13: 9780813152325
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"