UID:
almahu_9948651079202882
Format:
1 online resource (360 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour).
ISBN:
9780190905729 (ebook) :
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 process, couching their claims in the language of federal law and turning to federal officials to claim rights.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2021.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780190905699
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
