Uniting States : voluntary union in world politics /
Joseph M. Parent.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- xi, 244 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-235) and index.
Contents: 1 Introduction; 2 Explaining Political Union; 3 Force, Fraud, and the Founding of the American Constitution; 4 America’s Necessity; 5 Switzerland, Staatenbund to Bundesstaat; 6 The Liminal Union of Sweden and Norway; 7 Bolívar’s Dreams of Gran Colombia; 8 Europe’s American Idol; 9 Conclusion.