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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Moss, David A., 1964- author.     Subjects     Democracy -- United States -- History -- Case studies.     Social conflict -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies.     United States -- Politics and government -- Case studies.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Moss, David A., 1964- author.       by title:      Democracy : a case s...         MARC Display

Democracy : a case study / David A. Moss. by Moss, David A., 1964- author. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017. Subjects Democracy -- United States -- History -- Case studies.   Social conflict -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies.   United States -- Politics and government -- Case studies. ISBN:  9780674971455 (hardcover) : 0674971450 (hardcover) Description:  viii, 773 pages ; 25 cm Contents:  E pluribus unum -- James Madison, the "Federal negative," and the making of the U.S. Constitution (1787) -- Battle over a bank : defining the limits of Federal power under a new constitution (1791) -- Democracy, sovereignty, and the struggle over Cherokee removal (1836) -- Banking and politics in antebellum New York (1838) -- Property, suffrage, and the "right of revolution" in Rhode Island (1842) -- Debt and democracy : the New York Constitutional Convention of 1846 -- The struggle over public education in early America (1851) -- A nation divided : the United States and the challenge of secession (1861) -- Race, justice, and the jury system in postbellum Virginia (1880) -- An Australian ballot for California? (1891) -- Labor, capital, and government : the anthracite coal strike of 1902 -- "The jungle" and the debate over Federal meat inspection (1906) -- The battle over the initiative and referendum in Massachusetts (1918) -- Regulating radio in the age of broadcasting (1927) -- The Pecora hearings (1932-34) -- Martin Luther King and the struggle for Black voting rights (1965) -- Democracy and women's rights in America : the fight over the ERA (1982) -- Leadership and independence at the Federal Reserve (2009) -- "Citizens United" and corporate speech (2010) -- Appendix. Follow-ups to cases. Requests:  0 Summary:  Historian David Moss adapts the case study method made famous by Harvard Business School to revitalize our conversations about governance and democracy and show how the United States has often thrived on political conflict. These 19 cases ask us to weigh choices and consequences, wrestle with momentous decisions, and come to our own conclusions.--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 320.473 Mo Checked In Add Copy to MyList Naalehu Public Library Adult Nonfiction 320.473 Mo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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