The Alien and Sedition Acts
$41.73
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
28 October 2025
Summary
The Alien and Sedition Acts: A Nation Divided
New York Times bestselling author and civil rights lawyer Qian Julie Wang introduces the highly controversial Alien and Sedition Acts, which have been used to justify the curtailing of basic freedoms from the Revolutionary Era through the present day.
In the summer of 1798, backed by President John Adams, the United States Congress passed a series of laws that would come to be known as the Alien and Sedition Acts, testing the lim…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798217155224 |
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| Author: | Qian Julie Wang |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 191mm x 127mm |
About The Author
Qian Julie Wang
Qian Julie Wang is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller Beautiful Country- A Memoir of an Undocumented Childhood. A graduate of Yale Law School and Swarthmore College, she was formerly a commercial litigator and is now managing partner of Gottlieb & Wang LLP, a firm dedicated to advocating for education and civil rights. Her writing has appeared in publications such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.
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