Founding partisans : Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the brawling birth of American politics
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New York, N.Y. : Doubleday Books, [2023].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of black and white plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
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LC Subjects
Founding Fathers of the United States
Heads of state -- United States -- 18th century.
Political parties -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Presidents -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
United States -- History -- Constitutional period, 1789-1809.
United States -- Politics and government -- History -- 18th century.
Heads of state -- United States -- 18th century.
Political parties -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Presidents -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
United States -- History -- Constitutional period, 1789-1809.
United States -- Politics and government -- History -- 18th century.
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Doubleday Books, [2023].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-432) and index.
Description
To the framers of the Constitution, political parties were a fatal threat to republican virtues. They had suffered the consequences of partisan politics in Britain before the American Revolution, and they wanted nothing similar for America. Yet parties emerged even before the Constitution was ratified, and they took firmer root in the following decade. In Founding Partisans, master historian H. W. Brands has crafted a fresh and lively narrative of the early years of the republic as the Founding Fathers fought one another with competing visions of what our nation would be. The first party, the Federalists, formed around Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and their efforts to overthrow the Articles of Confederation and make the federal government more robust. Their opponents organized as the Antifederalists, who feared the corruption and encroachments on liberty that a strong central government would surely bring. The Antifederalists lost but regrouped under the new Constitution as the Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson, whose bruising contest against Federalist John Adams marked the climax of this turbulent chapter of American political history. The country's first years unfolded in a contentious spiral of ugly elections and blatant violations of the Constitution. Still, peaceful transfers of power continued, and the nascent country made its way towards global dominance, against all odds. Founding Partisans is a powerful reminder that fierce partisanship is a problem as old as the republic.
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Brands, H. W. (2023). Founding partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the brawling birth of American politics (First edition.). Doubleday Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brands, H. W.. 2023. Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics. Doubleday Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brands, H. W.. Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics Doubleday Books, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brands, H. W.. Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics First edition., Doubleday Books, 2023.
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