To Make a Nation: The Rediscovery of American Federalism

by Samuel H. Beer

Book Overview

Lyndon Johnson heralded a "new federalism," as did Ronald Reagan. It was left to the public to puzzle out what such a proclamation, coming from both ends of the political spectrum, could possibly mean. Of one thing we can be certain: theories of federalism, in whatever form they take, are still shaping our nation. The origin of these theories--what they meant to history and how they apply today--becomes clear in this book by one of our most distinguished...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674893182
• ISBN13: 9780674893184
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"