Prologue to democracy : the Federalists in the South, 1789-1800 / Lisle A. Rose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rose, Lisle A., 1936- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southern States--Politics and government--1775-1865.

Southern States.

Federal Party. Southern States.

Federal Party.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University of Kentucky Press, 1968.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study of the Southern Federalists examines their contribution to the formation of the party system at the end of the eighteenth century and to the liberalization of politics in America.Despite their belief in rule by the elite and their reluctance to develop an organized party system, the Southern Federalists are shown by Lisle A. Rose to have elicited political participation along broad geographic and social lines through local party efforts, newspaper campaigns, and mass meetings.Forced into distinct ideological and organizational identities, the Southern Federalists as much as their Re

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; I. The Founding of a Political Interest, 1789-1793; II. The Friends of Government, 1789-1794; III. Crises and Collapse, 1795-1796; IV. Reconstruction, 1797; V. At the Flood, 1798; VI. Defense and Diversion, 1799; VII. 'The Violent Spiritof Party': The Election of 1800; VIII. Southern Federalists and the Party System, 1789-1800; Appendix; A Note on Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6427-3

OCLC:

900345288