Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-177) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: the problem, the method, and the outline of the book -- The American state and early challenges to central state authority -- States' rights in South Carolina: from nullification to the first secession crisis -- South Carolina secedes -- The path of secession in the three Souths -- The past and future of federalism and secession.
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