American politics in the early republic : the new nation in crisis /
During the years from 1789 to 1801, the republican political institutions forged by the American Constitution were put to the test. A new nation - born in revolution, divided over the nature of republicanism, undermined by deep-seated sectional allegiances, and mired in foreign policy entanglements...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[1993]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The breakdown of elite consensus, 1789 to 1792. George Washington and the new nation ; Disappointed expectations: The failure of elite consensus
- The polarization of the elite, 1792 to 1798. The election of 1792: Gappling with the concept of representation ; The French Revolution and the awakening of the democratic spirit ; Threats to the Union ; The Jay Treaty ; The election of 1796 ; The war crisis and the Alien and Sedition Acts
- The crisis of Union, 1798 to 1801. The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions: Making a refuge for the oppressed ; 1799: Virginia versus the Hamiltonian Federalists and the fears of armed conflict ; The election of 1800 ; Electoral gridlock: the crisis of 1801.