The Dorr War: Republicanism on Trial, 1831-1861

by George M. Dennison

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First edition

Dennison, George M. The Dorr War: Republicanism on Trial, 1831-1861. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1976 . First edition. xiv, 250 pp. Publisher's Cloth, near fine in good dust jacket. Internally clean. 35. * An analytical study of the 1842 Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island, tracking its profound impact on American constitutional law, popular sovereignty, and the expansion of the franchise. A revision of the author's doctoral thesis.

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