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The Old Dominion and the New Nation: 1788–1801

Name: The Old Dominion and the New Nation: 1788–1801
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ISBN: 9780813151175

Richard R. Beeman

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This comprehensive study―an honorable mention in the 1971 Frederick Jackson Turner Award competition― traces the emergence and development of the Republican and Federalist party organizations in Virginia and shows how the old oligarchic system based on wealth, influence, and social prestige remained strong in that state after the formation of the new nation. The book covers details of the Virginia Antifederalists' continuing hostility to the federal Constitution, James Madison's switch from the Federalist party to the emerging Republican party, Madison's and Jefferson's attempts to coordinate Republican opposition to Federalist foreign policy, and the Republicans' successful campaign in 1800 to replace President John Adams with a Virginian. Richard R. Beeman's central concern is the style of political life in Virginia and the effect of that style on national party alignments, and his findings demonstrate that the mode of political conduct displayed by Virginia's leaders proved increasingly [...]self-indulgent and dysfunctional by 1800.

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Year:

2022

Publisher:

University Press of Kentucky City: Lexington

Language:

English

ISBN 10:

0813151171

ISBN 13:

9780813151175