The Saga of Dakota Territory's First Railroad: Confirming the Predictions of Madison and Tocqueville

Garry, Patrick M.

  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2024-10-13
  • 售價: $5,110
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 173
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 3031710169
  • ISBN-13: 9783031710162
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This book focuses on a key case study in the history of American territories, public works, transportation and the constitutional system of checks and balances. The saga of Yankton County's attempt to bring the first railroad into Dakota Territory in 1873 covers 25 years of territorial history, leading up to statehood for South Dakota in 1889. Garry investigates the array of unusual facts and occurrences within the story of the Dakota Southern, which was the first railroad stretching into the Territory. Lawsuits worked themselves all the way up to the Supreme Court. The most notorious shooting in the territory occurred in connection with railroad disputes The failure of Yankton to pay interest on the bonds used to finance the railroad--a failure initially prompted by a court injunction against such payment--may have delayed statehood for the entire territory.

But the primary focus of this railroad story revolves around the way it highlights the predictions and observations of two of America's most noted thinkers: Alexis de Tocqueville and James Madison. It shows the tension between Tocqueville's impressions of the enterprising, risk-taking, and association-minded nature of Americans and Madison's warnings about a federal government exercising unprecedented powers and having expanded beyond adequate checks. It works through the abstract observations of Tocqueville and Madison with tangible examples that are still relevant today.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

本書聚焦於美國領土歷史、公共工程、交通運輸及憲法制衡系統中的一個關鍵案例研究。1873年,Yankton County嘗試將第一條鐵路引入達科他領地的故事涵蓋了25年的領土歷史,最終導致南達科他州於1889年成為州。Garry探討了Dakota Southern鐵路故事中的一系列不尋常的事實和事件,該鐵路是第一條延伸至該領地的鐵路。訴訟一路上訴至最高法院。該領地最臭名昭著的槍擊事件與鐵路爭端有關。Yankton未能支付用於融資鐵路的債券利息——這一失敗最初是由於法院對該支付的禁令所引起——可能延遲了整個領地的州地位。

但這個鐵路故事的主要焦點圍繞著它如何突顯兩位美國著名思想家的預測和觀察:Alexis de Tocqueville和James Madison。它展示了Tocqueville對美國人企業精神、冒險精神和社會聯繫的印象與Madison對聯邦政府行使前所未有的權力及其超越適當制衡的警告之間的緊張關係。它通過Tocqueville和Madison的抽象觀察,結合當今仍然相關的具體例子進行探討。

作者簡介

Patrick M. Garry is Professor of Law at the University of South Dakota School of Law, USA. He has published widely on US constitutional history.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Patrick M. Garry 是美國南達科他州法學院的法學教授。他在美國憲法歷史方面有廣泛的出版作品。