Peripheries and Center: Constitutional Development in the

Peripheries and Center: Constitutional Development in the Extended Polities of the British Empire and the United States 1607-1788

â€œCharacteristically incisive and refreshing. . . . It represents the fruits of years of reflection and research into the relationship between Great Britain and her American colonies, and how that relationship affected developments in the early Republic.â€ â€• [London] Times Higher Education Supplement
To Great Britain in the seventeenth century, and then to the fledgling United States, no problem was more urgent than how to divide authority between local powers and the governing central power. In this book the noted colonial historian Jack P. Greene traces the search for solutions.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 1990-05-17
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884493103888
EANs 9780393306613

Peripheries and Center: Constitutional Development in the Extended Polities of the British Empire and the United States 1607-1788