| Edition |
First Da Capo Press edition. |
| Description |
viii, 424 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Man Who Lived Dangerously -- The Man Who Loved to Legislate-But Hated to Govern -- Should This Constitution be Ratified? -- The President and His Partner Begin Making History -- The Birth of an Ideologue -- The President Takes Charge -- The Secretary of State from Paris -- Mr. Jefferson Wins a Victory That He Soon Regrets -- From Disagreements to the First Divide -- When Best-Laid Plans Go Wrong -- The President-and Secretary of State-Make Up Their Minds -- The Problems of the Secretary of State's Polar Star -- Can America Remain Neutral in a Warring World? -- Challenging Old Man Washington -- The Secretary of State Calls It Quits -- Shooting Wars Loom on Several Doorsteps -- Will Whiskey Rebels Unravel the Union? -- A Master Politician Takes Charge -- The End of Three Friendships -- A Very Political Farewell -- Martha Washington Sends a Message -- The Vice President as Party Boss -- The Ultimate Divide -- The Death That Changed Everything -- The Race to Make the Vice First -- The UnWashington President in His Federal Village -- How a Mosquito Rescued Thomas Jefferson's Presidency -- An Empire vs. A Constitution -- The Voters Speak the Language of Praise -- The Improbably Failures of a Triumphant Second Term -- The President vs. The Chief Justice -- The Final Defeat of an UnWashington President -- The Transformation of James Madison -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.
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Political leadership -- United States.
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Washington, George, 1732-1799.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
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Political science.
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| Other Form: |
Reproduction of (manifestation): Fleming, Thomas J. Great divide. First Da Capo Press edition. Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015 9780306822360 (OCoLC)903245797 |
| ISBN |
9780306821271 hardcover |
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0306821273 hardcover |
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9780306822360 eBook |
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0306822369 eBook |
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