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The first presidential contest : 1796 and the founding of American democracy
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The first presidential contest : 1796 and the founding of American democracy / Jeffrey L. Pasley.
ISBN
9780700619078 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700619070 (cloth : alk. paper)
Publication
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2013]
Physical Description
xi, 516 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2013
Series
American presidential elections.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references 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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