John Adams's Republic The One, the Few, and the Many / Richard Alan Ryerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryerson, Richard Alan, 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.

Adams, John, 1735-1826--Political and social views.

Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (571 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.

Summary:

The first study ever published to closely examine all of Adams's political writings, from his youth to his long retirement, John Adams's Republic should appeal to everyone who seeks to know more about America's first major political theorist.

Contents:

Introduction: the evolution of a distinctive republican vision

Part I. Adams moves to the center

A provincial reverence for the British Constitution, 1735-1767

The discovery of the republic, 1768-1772

Realm versus dominion, 1773-1774

From imperial dominion to autonomous republic, 1774-1775

Building a republican orthodoxy, 1775-1776

Part II. Adams on his own

Defending executive authority, 1775-1779

An education in American aristocracy, 1775-1783

Redefining the republican tradition, 1784-1787

John Adams's republic in republican America, 1787-1800

A retrospective retirement, 1801-1826

Conclusion: memory and desire in revolutionary politics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-1923-8

OCLC:

953197914