American Politics in the Early Republic The New Nation in Crisis

Name: American Politics in the Early Republic The New Nation in Crisis
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ISBN: 9780300065190

ISBN-10: 0300065191

ISBN-13: 9780300065190

Edition: 1993

Authors: James Roger Sharp

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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 - faced the challenge of creating a stable, enduring national authority and union. In this engagingly written book, James Roger Sharp offers a penetrating new assessment disputing the conventional wisdom that the birth of the country was a relatively painless and unexceptional one. Instead, he tells the dramatic story of how the euphoria surrounding the inauguration of George Washington as the…

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 8/30/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 378
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.91" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



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: Grappling 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


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index