The Constitutions of Iowa.
Shambaugh, Benjamin Franklin. The Constitutions of Iowa. Iowa City: State Historical Society, 1934. 382 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamped spine and front cover, near fine. Top edge gilt, other edges deckled. Internally clean. $20. * Published to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the establishment of civil government in Iowa. Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh, a pioneering political scientist and long-time superintendent of the State Historical Society of Iowa, was a leading champion of "applied history"-the use of scientific historical analysis to solve contemporary civic and political problems. In this definitive work, Shambaugh traces the evolution of Iowa's foundational legal frameworks from its early territorial administration through the constitutional conventions of 1844, 1846, and 1857. He places special emphasis on the socio-political friction surrounding early pioneer "squatter" communities and their grassroots efforts to build representative governance before achieving official statehood. A remarkably well-preserved copy, essential for collections focusing on Midwestern history and American state constitutionalism.
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