Federalists in Dissent : Imagery and Ideology in Jeffersonian America / Linda K. Kerber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kerber, Linda K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--United States--History.

Political science.

United States--Politics and government--1789-1815.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Federalists of Jefferson's time have been described by historians as complainers and obstructionists. A very different picture evolves from this book, which the author calls "a reconsideration of American political conversation in the early national reriod." Mrs. Kerber shows that the rift between Federalists and Jeffersonians was caused by differences in ideology. The Federalists, according to the author, feared that an ordered world was disintegrating and that the sources of stability were being undermined by Jeffersonian concepts of science and education, of law and democracy, and by social arrangements founded on slavery. The book demonstrates how the rolitical differences of the two groups were reflected in all cultural forms and issues.By a skillful use of "ations from varied sources-newspapers, letters, literary works, congressional debates-Mrs. Kerber lets her rrotagonists speak for themselves. The work has current significance because Federalist beliefs emphasized the rrecariousness of popular democracy and the difficulty of maintaining a stable social order-both widesrread concerns of Americans today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface to the 1980 Edition

Preface

Contents

1. Journey to Laputa: The Federalist Era as an Augustan Age

2. Anti-Virginia and Antislavery

3. The Objects of Scientific Inquiry

4. Salvaging the Classical Tradition

5. Concepts of Law and Justice: A Case Study

6. Images of the Social Order

A Note on Sources

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9781501731501

1501731505

OCLC:

1080548995