Federalists Reconsidered

by Doron S. Ben-Atar, Barbara B. Oberg

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813918631
Publisher:	University of Virginia Press
Publication date:	01/29/1999
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.25(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

What People are Saying About This

Jan Lewis

This collection represents an important addition to the scholarly literature on the Federalists. The essays demonstrate that there are riches awaiting historians who wish to study them and that there are a number of interesting ways in which they can be understood.
—(Jan Lewis, Rutgers University)

Editorial Reviews

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.

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