The first presidential contest : 1796 and the founding of American democracy /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pasley, Jeffrey L., 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2013.
Series:American presidential elections
Subjects:
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826.
Adams, John, > 1735-1826.
Adams, John, > 1735-1826
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826
1700-1809
Democracy > United States > History > 18th century.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1796.
HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Democracy
Politics and government
Presidents > Election
United States > Politics and government > 1789-1809.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1789-1809.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the unintentional campaign
  • A new republic and its discontents
  • Popular politics in a postcolonial nation
  • The Jay Treaty crisis and the origins of the 1796 campaign
  • From measures to "that man" : toward the presidential option for political change
  • The long goodbye : finding candidates in the shadow of Washington
  • The first culture war : themes and issues of the Federalist campaign against Thomas Jefferson
  • His rotundity : themes and issues of the democratic-republican campaign against John Adams
  • Taking the electoral college to school : how presidential electors helped create the national presidential election rather than preventing it
  • The party racers : voting for president in 1796
  • Epilogue : kiss my ass and go to Hell.

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