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Affairs of honor : national politics in the New Republic / Joanne B. Freeman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, Joanne B., 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political culture--United States--History--18th century.
- Political culture.
- Politics and culture--United States--History--18th century.
- Politics and culture.
- Elite (Social sciences)--United States--Political activity--History--18th century.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Honor--Political aspects--United States--History--18th century.
- Honor.
- United States--Politics and government--1789-1815.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--To 1865.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "In this book, Joanne Freeman offers a major reassessment of political culture in the early years of the American republic. By exploring both the public actions and private papers of key figures like Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and Alexander Hamilton, as well as less famous politicians such as Senators William Maclay and William Plumer, Freeman reveals an alien and profoundly unstable political world grounded on the code of honor. In the absence of a party system and with few examples to guide America's great experiment in republican governance, national politicians monitored their conduct and attacked their rivals according to the ethic of honor."
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Prologue: Walking on Untrodden Ground
- 1. The Theater of National Politics
- 2. Slander, Poison, Whispers, and Fame: The Art of Political Gossip
- 3. The Art of Paper War
- 4. Dueling as Politics
- 5. An Honor Dispute of Grand Proportions: The Presidential Election of 1800
- Epilogue Constructing American History
- A Note on Method
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-364) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9786611735234
- 9781281735232
- 128173523X
- 9780300137798
- 0300137796
- OCLC:
- 213306104
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