American Government: Readings and DocumentsPeter H. Odegard Harper & Row, 1966 - 640 pages "This book contains documents and other public papers, court cases, presidential messages, memoirs, excerpts from books and journals, public speeches, and other significant statements that illuminate and supplement various problems and policies of American government and politics." -from Preface. |
Contents
1b The Senate Is More Liberal from Lewis Froman Congressmen | 13 |
Geopolitics and the American Government | 18 |
We the People | 46 |
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