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Indian affairs and the administrative state in the nineteenth century Indian affairs and the administrative state in the nineteenth century Stephen J. Rockwell "The framers of the Constitution and the generations that followed built a powerful and intrusive national administrative state in the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The romantic myth of a… OL16964655W
Did Lincoln and the Republican Party create the Civil War? Did Lincoln and the Republican Party create the Civil War? Robert P. Broadwater "The author presents the argument that the Civil War was fought not to preserve the Union or free the slaves, but rather to establish the political power of the Republican Party within the federal go… OL1824958W
Lincoln in the world Lincoln in the world Kevin Peraino A study of the sixteenth president's evolution as a foreign policy leader explores his role in America's rise to a world power, analyzing six distinct episodes that defined his foreign policy stance … OL19972474W
Crisis and leviathan Crisis and leviathan Robert Higgs "In Crisis and Leviathan, economist and historian Robert Higgs shows how Big Government emerged from responses to national emergencies that occurred as attitudes about the role of government were cha… OL5275336W