The Webster-Hayne Debate: Defining Nationhood in the Early American Republic by Christopher Childers

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The Webster-Hayne Debate: Defining Nationhood in the Early American Republic

Christopher Childers

184 pages hardcover

2 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
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Two generations after the founding, Americans still disagreed on the nature of the Union. Was it a confederation of sovereign states or a nation headed by a central government? To South Carolina Senator Robert Y. Hayne and others of his mindset, o...

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