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The Constitution And The Nation

The Constitution And The Nation

Lynne Curry
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The rapid acceleration of industrialization and the transformation of market capitalism that followed the Civil War provided new opportunities for employment and wealth for many Americans. But these opportunities came at a cost: overcrowded and unsanitary housing, long work hours in dangerous conditions, and child labor in factories and mines. At the nineteenth century's end, Progressivism emerged as a national movement to redress the extreme imbalances in wealth and power that had come to characterize American life and to ameliorate some of the worst consequences of industrialization. The United States Supreme Court struggled with questoins of preserving indivudual and property rights versus government regulation on behalf of the public interest. Following the stock market crash of 1929, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal greatly expanded the regulatory state and brought about a constitutional revolutoin. This volume assembles the era's most important Supreme Court decisions, treatises, articles, and sppeches, documenting our nation's Constitutional history from the Gilded Age through World War II.
Language
English
Pages
179
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Release
August 04, 2003
ISBN
0820457329
ISBN 13
9780820457321

The Constitution And The Nation

Lynne Curry
4/5 ( ratings)
The rapid acceleration of industrialization and the transformation of market capitalism that followed the Civil War provided new opportunities for employment and wealth for many Americans. But these opportunities came at a cost: overcrowded and unsanitary housing, long work hours in dangerous conditions, and child labor in factories and mines. At the nineteenth century's end, Progressivism emerged as a national movement to redress the extreme imbalances in wealth and power that had come to characterize American life and to ameliorate some of the worst consequences of industrialization. The United States Supreme Court struggled with questoins of preserving indivudual and property rights versus government regulation on behalf of the public interest. Following the stock market crash of 1929, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal greatly expanded the regulatory state and brought about a constitutional revolutoin. This volume assembles the era's most important Supreme Court decisions, treatises, articles, and sppeches, documenting our nation's Constitutional history from the Gilded Age through World War II.
Language
English
Pages
179
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Release
August 04, 2003
ISBN
0820457329
ISBN 13
9780820457321

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