The Age of Strict Construction: a history of the growth of federal power, 1789-1861ISBN: 9780813217062Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Catholic University of America PressDigital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States -- Politics and government -- 1783–1865; Constitutional history -- United States; The Age of Strict Construction explores the growth of the federal government's power and influence between 1789 and 1861, and the varying reactions of Americans to that growth.