| Description |
925 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Modes of thought and feeling in the founding generation -- Legitimacy -- Finance and ideology -- The divided mind of James Madison, 1790 : nationalist versus ideologue -- The republic's capital city -- Jefferson and the yeoman republic -- Jefferson as Secretary of State -- The emergence of partisan politics : the "Republican interest" -- The French Revolution in America -- America and Great Britain -- The populist impulse -- The retirement of Washington -- John Adams and the dogma of "balance" -- Adams and Hamilton -- The settlement -- The mentality of Federalism in 1800. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 757-909) and index. |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1809.
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| Added Author |
McKitrick, Eric L.
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| ISBN |
0195068904 alkaline paper $39.95 |
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