Democracy: a case study

Introduction: E pluribus unum

James Madison, the 'federal negative,' and the making of the U.S. Constitution

Battle over a bank: defining the limits of federal power under a new constitution (1787-1791)

Democracy, sovereignty, and the struggle over Cherokee removal

Banking and politics in antebellum New York

Property, suffrage, and the "right of revolution" in Rhode Island

Debt and democracy: the New York Constitutional Convention of 1846

The struggle over public education in early America

A nation divided: the United States and the challenge of secession

Race, justice, and the jury system in postbellum Virginia

Labor, capital, and government: the anthracite coal strike of 1902

An Australian ballot for California?

The jungle and the debate over federal meat inspection in 1906

Direct democracy or directed democracy?: the battle over the initiative and referendum in Massachusetts

Regulating radio in the age of broadcasting

The Pecora hearings (1932-34)

Martin Luther King and the struggle for black voting rights

Democracy and women's rights in America: the fight over the ERA

Leadership and independence at the Federal Reserve (2007-2009)

Citizens United and corporate speech.