The lovers' quarrel : the two foundings and American political development / Elvin T. Lim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lim, Elvin T., 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--United States--History.

Political science.

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States has experienced Two Foundings, not one. The framers of the second Constitution, the Federalists, were not operating in an ideational or institutional vacuum; rather, the document they drafted and ratified was designed to remedy the perceived flaws of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union. To decouple the Two Foundings is to appreciate that there is no 'original meaning,' only original dissent. Because, on the insistence of the Anti-Federalists, prior and democratically sanctioned understandings of federalism and union had to be negotiated and partially grafted ont

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; chapter 1. The Lovers' Quarrel: A Tale of Two Foundings; chapter 2. Federalists, Republicans, & the Revolution of 1800; chapter 3. Anti-Federalism & the Howls of Jacksonian Democracy; chapter 4. The Civil War & Publius Redux; chapter 5. Anti-Federalism & the Progressive Creative Destruction; chapter 6. The New Deal & the Nationalized Rhetoric of the Small Republic; chapter 7. Anti-Federalism & the Reagan Revolution; chapter 8. Epilogue: The Tea Party, Obama, & Beyond; Appendix I: A Defense of APD Defined as Durable Shifts in Federal Authority

Appendix II: The Federalist LegacyAppendix III: The Anti-Federalist Legacy; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-932395-X

0-19-938260-3

0-19-981219-5

OCLC:

879948784