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Subject(s)

• United States. Congress. Senate—History [Browse]
• United States—Politics and government—1783-1865 [Browse]

Summary note

• The Making of an American Senate is based on extensive qualitative and quantitative research on a variety of primary sources, including records of the Constitutional Convention, congressional records, presidential papers, contemporary newspapers, and the personal papers, diaries, and autobiographies of members of Congress and other political elites. It also employs an array of methods ranging from roll call analysis to factor analysis to content analysis.
• This book will engage political scientists concerned with congressional history, institutional change, and the founding of new institutions. It will also interest historians of the Founding Era and the early American Republic.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-237) and index.

Contents

• 1. The Making of an American House of Lords: The Senate in the Constitutional Convention of 1787
• 2. The Development of an American House of Lords: Congresses One through Ten (1789-1809)
• 3. Explaining Reconstitutive Change
• 4. Setting the Stage for Reconstitution, 1809-29
• 5. The Making of an American Senate: Congresses Eleven through Twenty (1809-29)
• 6. Explaining the Making of an American Senate
• 7. The Endurance of an American Senate: Congresses Twenty-one through Twenty-six (1829-41) and Beyond
• App. A. Methodology: Content Analysis of Newspapers
• App. B. National Newspaper Coverage of Nonelection News of the House and Senate, Congresses Two through Twenty-six (1792-1841)
• App. C. Methodology: Senate Legislative Box Scores of Presidential Support
• App. D. Senate Legislative Box Scores of Presidential Support, Congresses Two through Twenty-six (1791-1839).

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ISBN

047210702X (alk. paper)

LCCN

96020520

OCLC

34710860

RCP

C - S

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