The Constitution and the Nation: The Regulatory State, 1890-1945 (Teaching Texts in Law and Politics) - Softcover

Waldrep, Christopher; Curry, Lynne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820457329 ISBN 13: 9780820457321

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

The rapid acceleration of industrialization and the transformation of market capitalism that followed the Civil War provided new opportunities for employment and wealth for many Americans. But these opportunities came at a cost: overcrowded and unsanitary housing, long work hours in dangerous conditions, and child labor in factories and mines. At the nineteenth century’s end, Progressivism emerged as a national movement to redress the extreme imbalances in wealth and power that had come to characterize American life and to ameliorate some of the worst consequences of industrialization. The United States Supreme Court struggled with questions of preserving individual and property rights versus government regulation on behalf of the public interest. Following the stock market crash of 1929, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal greatly expanded the regulatory state and brought about a constitutional revolution. This volume assembles the era’s most important Supreme Court decisions, treatises, articles, and speeches, documenting our nation’s Constitutional history from the Gilded Age through World War II.

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About the Author

The Authors: Christopher Waldrep is Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Professor of History at San Francisco State University and author, most recently, of The Many Faces of Judge Lynch: Extralegal Violence and Punishment in America (2002).
Lynne Curry is Professor of History at Eastern Illinois University and author of Modern Mothers in the Heartland: Gender, Health, and Progress in Illinois, 1900-1930 (1999).

Review

«The four volumes of this new documentary sourcebook offer a fresh look at our constitutional past. In addition to excerpts from landmark decisions of the Supreme Court, the editors provide a host of other important documents – everything from England’s Magna Carta to the U.S. Congress’s authorization of the Iraq War – that illuminate the evolution of American constitutionalism. Students will benefit from the chance to hear these disparate voices of our constitutional heritage, while professors and teachers will appreciate the concise commentary and thoughtful organization. I strongly recommend them.» (Timothy S. Huebner, Rhodes College, author of ‘The Southern Judicial Tradition: State Judges and Sectional Distinctiveness, 1790-1890’)
«Christopher Waldrep and Lynne Curry have assembled a treasure trove of teaching materials on the Constitution. Students and teachers alike will find useful materials on women and the law, slavery, state’s rights, and so much more. This anthology will be adopted in many classrooms because of the breadth of material included.» (Sally Hadden, Florida State University, author of ‘Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas’)

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0820457329
• ISBN 13: 9780820457321
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 179