Format:
350 Seiten :
,
Karten, 2 Porträts.
ISBN:
9780190905699
Series Statement:
Oxford legal history series
Content:
Federal Ground shows how the federal government gained authority in a borderland that many groups made their own claims to control. Although on paper the federal government enjoyed almost exclusive control over the territories, it actually gained authority because territorial residents wanted things from this new federal government - confirmation of rights to land, to jurisdiction, to money. Often, those residents - Native peoples, Anglo-American settlers, French villagers - were able to successfully exploit the federal government. But they became increasingly reliant on that government in the
Note:
Includes index
,
Sources of title in the territories --
,
The land company experiment --
,
The rise of federal title --
,
Federal sovereignty --
,
Laws of war and peace --
,
Expenses of sovereignty --
,
Equal footing --
,
Three systems
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 9780190905729
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB ISBN 9780190905712
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF ISBN 9780190905705
Language:
English
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Staatsgebiet
;
Electronic books
;
History
