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Hsueh, Vicki, 1973-

Hybrid constitutions : challenging legacies of law, privilege, and culture in colonial America / Vicki Hsueh. - Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010. - ix, 192 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-182) and index.

Hybrid constitutionalisms : unsettling the empire of uniformity -- "Not repugnant or contrary" : law, discretion, and colonial founding in Maryland -- Giving orders : theory and practice in the Fundamental constitutions of Carolina -- Under negotiation : treaty power and hybrid constitutionalism in Pennsylvania -- Negotiating culture : plurality and power in hybrid constitutionalism.

ISBN: 9780822346180 0822346184 9780822346326 082234632X

LCCN: 2009039111

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB009369 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015473689 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1600-1790.
Geschichte 1600-1790.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Constitutional history--States.--United States
Constitutional history--Colonies.--Great Britain
Constitutional history--British colonies.
Constitutional history--U.S. states.
Verfassung.
Kolonie.
Verfassung.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.
Großbritannien.
USA.
USA--Oststaaten.

LC Class. No.: KF4541 / .H79 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 342.7302/9