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The first presidential contest : 1796 and the founding of American democracy / Jeffrey L. Pasley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pasley, Jeffrey L., 1964- author.
- Series:
- American Presidential Elections Series
- American presidential elections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--Election.
- Presidents.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Adams, John, 1735-1826.
- Adams, John.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 516 pages ) illustrations ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2013]
- Summary:
- "Carefully researched and engagingly written, Pasley's volume is the definitive work on this underappreciated election."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History "A superb, important book. Likely to become the definitive study of the 1796 election."--Journal of American History "Presents a compelling and forward-moving narrative."--Register of the Kentucky Historical Society "The Presidential election of 1796, memorialized in history tomes for the bitter divisions the campaign mirrored among citizens in the fledgling Republic, receives innovative and refreshing analytical consideration in this eminently readable and clever account of the Adams-Jefferson contest."--Political Science Quarterly.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the unintentional campaign
- A new republic and its discontents
- Popular politics in a postcolonial nation
- The Jay Treaty crisis and the origins of the 1796 campaign
- From measures to "that man" : toward the presidential option for political change
- The long goodbye : finding candidates in the shadow of Washington
- The first culture war : themes and issues of the Federalist campaign against Thomas Jefferson
- His rotundity : themes and issues of the democratic-republican campaign against John Adams
- Taking the electoral college to school : how presidential electors helped create the national presidential election rather than preventing it
- The party racers : voting for president in 1796
- Epilogue : kiss my ass and go to Hell.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780700623167
- 0700623167
- OCLC:
- 966803049
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