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The first presidential contest 1796 and the founding of American democracy
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The first presidential contest [electronic resource] : 1796 and the founding of American democracy / Jeffrey L. Pasley.
ISBN
9780700623167
9780700619078 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700623518
Published
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2013. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 516 pages ) illustrations ;
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE – UPCC 2017 Archive Complete Supplement V.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 20, 2017
Series
American presidential elections
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 488-498) and index.
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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