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UNINA9910707783003321 |
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Titolo |
Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2015 : report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 1526 , to amend title 10 and title 41, United States Code, to improve the manner in which federal contracts for construction and design services are awarded, to prohibit the use of reverse auctions for design and construction services procurements, to amend title 31 and title 41, United States Code, to improve the payment protections available to construction contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers for work performed, and for other purposes |
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Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2016 |
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1 online resource (ii, 8 pages) |
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Report / 114th Congress, 2d session, Senate ; ; 114-366 |
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Construction contracts - United States |
Public contracts - United States |
Letting of contracts - United States |
Construction contracts |
Letting of contracts |
Public contracts |
Legislative materials. |
United States |
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Monografia |
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Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 28, 2016). |
"October 27, 2016." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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UNINA9910778989703321 |
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Owsley Frank Lawrence, Jr., <1928-2013.> |
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Filibusters and expansionists [[electronic resource] ] : Jeffersonian manifest destiny, 1800-1821 / / Frank Lawrence Owsley, Jr. and Gene A. Smith |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1997 |
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0-8173-8849-4 |
0-585-09808-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Filibusters |
Manifest Destiny |
Texas History 1810-1821 |
Florida History Spanish colony, 1784-1821 |
United States Territorial expansion |
Gulf Coast (U.S.) History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index. |
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"A special kind of state making" : Jeffersonian manifest destiny -- "To conquer without war" : the philosophy of Jeffersonian expansion -- Followers of the green flag : revolution in the Texas borderlands -- The first Spanish-American War : patriot efforts to annex Florida -- "Pacified by paternal solitude" : Indian wars as an expansionist movement -- Leftover of war : Negro fort -- "A set of desperate and bloody dogs" : the acquisition of Amelia Island -- Destiny becomes manifest : Andrew Jackson invades Florida -- "Taking advantage of propitious circumstances" : the struggle for Texas -- A Jeffersonian leviathan : manifest destiny succeeds. |
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This compelling narrative demonstrates the passionate interest the Jeffersonian presidents had in wresting land from less powerful foes and expanding Jefferson''s ""empire of liberty."" The first two decades of the 19th century found many Americans eager to move away from the crowded eastern seaboard and into new areas where their goals of |
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landownership might be realized. Such movement was encouraged by Presidents Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe- collectively known as the Jeffersonians- who believed that the country''s destiny was to have total control over the entire North American continent. |
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