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World War I and the American Constitution

Ross, William G., 1954- author

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\"The First World War profoundly affected the American political system by transforming constitutional law and providing the predicate for the modern administrative state. In this groundbreaking study, William G. Ross examines the social, political, economic and legal forces that generated this rapid change. Ross explains how the war increased federal and state economic regulatory powers, transferred power from Congress to the President, and altered federalism by enhancing the powers of the federal government. He demonstrates how social changes generated by the war provided a catalyst for the expansion of personal liberties, including freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the rights of women, racial minorities, and industrial workers. Through a study of constitutional law, gender, race, economics, labor, the prohibition movement, international relations, civil liberties, and society, this book provides a major contribution to our understanding of the development of the American Constitution\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: United States. / Constitutional history United States. / World War, 1914-1918 United States.
• ISBN: 9781107094642

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
KF4550.R5973 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE