The invention of the United States Senate

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The invention of the United States Senate

Daniel Wirls and Stephen Wirls

(Johns Hopkins paperbacks)(Interpreting American politics)

Johns Hopkins University Press, c2004

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Bibliography: p. [251]-264

Includes index

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Contents of Works

  • The republican institution
  • Sources and models : mixed, republican, and liberal
  • American senates in theory and practice, 1776-1787
  • The Constitutional Convention : the Senate and representation
  • Completing the compromised Senate : composition and powers
  • Unfounded hopes and fears : the Senate during ratification
  • Reality : the early Senate
  • From invention to evolution : the irony of the Senate

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