INTERESTS VERSUS IDEAS IN THE DESIGN OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION: THE CASE OF THE ASSUMPTION OF STATE DEBTS

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dc.contributor.advisorLutz, Donald S.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberCarp, Robert A.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMurray, Richard W.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSandoz, Ellis
dc.creatorLange, Heidi 1968-
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-04T04:34:28Z
dc.date.available2015-01-04T04:34:28Z
dc.date.createdDecember 2012
dc.date.issued2012-12
dc.date.updated2015-01-04T04:34:28Z
dc.description.abstractThis research analyzes a Constitutional issue that arose in the First Federal Congress and was connected with a question addressed during the 1787 Federal Convention, specifically, the assumption of state debts to pay the United States. The objective of this research is to analyze The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, The Federalist papers, and the First Federal Congress of 1789-1791 journals, as well as the republican ideas that influenced the constitutional issue of the assumption of state debts by the federal government. The dissertation argues that the relationship between the success of the assumption of state debts during the 1787 Federal Convention through the First Federal Congress was a matter of republican values rather than the popular notion that Madison negotiated successfully by trading votes for assumption of state debts with the placement of the seat of the United States Capitol. The analysis identifies shared political ideas as a more important factor than material or political factors, as it relates to the issue of the assumption of state debts.
dc.description.departmentPolitical Science, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/856
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectAssumption of state debts
dc.subjectSeat of government
dc.subjectPublic credit
dc.subjectPublic debt
dc.subjectRevolutionary war debt
dc.subject.lcshPolitical science
dc.titleINTERESTS VERSUS IDEAS IN THE DESIGN OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION: THE CASE OF THE ASSUMPTION OF STATE DEBTS
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentPolitical Science, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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