Parent, Joseph M. <br/><br/>
Uniting States :  voluntary union in world politics / 
Joseph M. Parent. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  c2011. 
 - xi, 244 p. :  maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-235) and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents:<br/>1 Introduction;<br/>2 Explaining Political Union;<br/>3 Force, Fraud, and the Founding of the American Constitution;<br/>4 America’s Necessity;<br/>5 Switzerland, Staatenbund to Bundesstaat;<br/>6 The Liminal Union of Sweden and Norway;<br/>7 Bolívar’s Dreams of Gran Colombia;<br/>8 Europe’s American Idol;<br/>9 Conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199782192 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780199782208 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010053178 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Federal government.<br/>Confederation of states.<br/>Constitutional history--United States.<br/>European federation.<br/>Latin American federation.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC355  / .P33 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.1/16