Sacred Debts: State Civil War Claims and American Federalism by Sinisi, Kyle

Sacred Debts: State Civil War Claims and American Federalism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780823222599)

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Sacred Debts: State Civil War Claims and American Federalism by Sinisi, Kyle

Sacred Debts: State Civil War Claims and American Federalism

$70.00
Sacred Debts: State Civil War Claims and American Federalism by Sinisi, Kyle

Sacred Debts: State Civil War Claims and American Federalism

$70.00
Format: Hardcover
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In this innovative book, Kyle Sinisi explores a little-known chapter in the history of American politics--the struggle between states and the federal government over the costs of fighting the Civil War. At stake was the disposition of some 8 million.

Focusing on Kansas, Kentucky, and Missouri, Sinisi explores the process by which states were reimbursed by Washington in the most expensive intergovernmental contact of the 19th century. Recasting our understanding of governance, he shows that traditional sources of influence--courts and political parties--were less important in settling claims than adjutants general and private agents who fought for cash bonanzas. These power brokers helped shape the federal bureaucracy--and the process of state building.

Author: Kyle Sinisi
ISBN-10: 0823222594
ISBN-13: 9780823222599
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2003
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.00w x 0.72d

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Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2004 pg. 59
By Kyle Sinisi
By Kyle Sinisi
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Kyle S. Sinisi, co-editor of Warm Ashes: Essays in Southern History at the Dawn of the 21st Century, is Associate Professor of History at The Citadel.

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