1st Edition
James Monroe, John Marshall and ‘The Excellence of Our Institutions’, 1817–1825 How Monroe’s Presidency Became 'An Important Epoch in the History of the Civilized World'
By Peter J. Aschenbrenner
Copyright 2022
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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When James Monroe became president in 1817, the United States urgently needed a national transportation system to connect new states and territories in the west with older states facing the Atlantic Ocean. In 1824, the Supreme Court declared that Congress had the power to regulate traffic on all navigable rivers and lakes in the United States. Congress began clearing obstructions from... Read more
Foreword
John Lauritz Larson
Introduction: ‘Destinies Beyond the Reach of Mortal Eye’
1. ‘Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way’
2. ‘To Adopt a System of Internal Improvement’
3. ‘Powers to Create and to Preserve’
4. ‘Captivating Improvements to Seduce Their Constituents’
5. ‘There Is More Than One Mode of Accomplishing the End’
6. ‘To Protect the Public Industry from Parasite Institutions’
7. ‘An Important Epoch in the History of the Civilized World’
Biography
Peter J. Aschenbrenner is the National Convenor (US) for the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
