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1 online resource (481 pages) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CONSTITUTIONAL CULTURES IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD DURING THE "AGE OF REVOLUTIONS"; PART 1; WHAT IS "CONSTITUTIONAL CULTURE"?; EARLY CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE LIMITS OF LIBERALISM IN THE SPANISH WORLD; HISPANIC CONSTITUTIONS, 1812 AND 1824; THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONCEPTS IN THE FIRST PART OF 19TH CENTURY FRANCE; SECTION COMMENT; PART 2; REPRESENTATIONS OF COMPETING POLITICAL ORDERS; SYMBOLIC POLITICS AND THE VISUALISATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER IN THE FIRST FRENCH REPUBLIC, 1792-1799. |
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THE IMPONDERABILIA OF CONSTITUTIONAL CELEBRATIONSSECTION COMMENT; PART 3; REPRESENTING THE CONSTITUTION IN THE US CAPITOL BUILDING; EMBODIMENTS OF IDEAL ORDER; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL CULTURE; FAILING TO CONSTRUCT A LASTING ORDER; SECTION COMMENT; PART 4; REPRESENTATION, SUFFRAGE AND POLITICAL ORDER IN THE RIVER PLATE DURING THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS; THE SYMBOLIC MEANING OF ELECTORAL PROCESSES IN MEXICO IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY; CITIZENSHIP WITHOUT DEMOCRACY; DISCIPLINE AND ELECTIONS; SECTION COMMENT; CONTRIBUTORS. |
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Written constitutions are an important attribute of nation states and have become a global phenomenon over the past 200 years. The process began with the revolutions in the Atlantic World, from where it spread to other regions. The present volume looks into the complex of constitutions, the fundamental values conveyed by the constitutional texts, the building and functioning of new constitutional bodies and their symbolic representation. All the authors work on the assumption that in order to ... |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Constitutional history -- Congresses.
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Constitutional history. |
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Constitutional history -- America -- Congresses.
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America. |
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Constitutional history -- Europe -- Congresses.
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Europe. |
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- General. |
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Bock, Ulrike (Assyriologist)
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Dircksen, Katrin.
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Thamer, Hans-Ulrich.
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Print version: Hensel, Silke. Constitutional Cultures : On the Concept and Representation of Constitutions in the Atlantic World. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2012 9781443841689 |
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9781443845489 (electronic book) |
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1443845485 (electronic book) |
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9781443841689 |
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