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Overview
These essays demonstrate that American political culture was fashioned in a dialogue between Federalists and Jeffersonians. They portray an active Federalist coalition that offered a vibrant intellectual and political alternative throughout the era of the early republic. Cutting across boundaries of region, culture, race, gender, and class, Federalists struggled with the problems of nation building, national identity, and economic development.
University of Virginia Press
Synopsis
These essays demonstrate that American political culture was fashioned in a dialogue between Federalists and Jeffersonians. They portray an active Federalist coalition that offered a vibrant intellectual and political alternative throughout the era of the early republic. Cutting across boundaries of region, culture, race, gender, and class, Federalists struggled with the problems of nation building, national identity, and economic development.
Booknews
Eleven contributions explore the impact of the political thinking and activity of the Hamiltonian Federalists upon American political culture. The essays explore a number of issues confronted by the Federalists including slavery, the treatment of women, Hamilton's commercialism vs. Jeffersonian agriculturalism, and efforts to come to grips with Ben Franklin's legacy after his death. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.