how the political struggle over the war of 1812 almost destroyed the young republic /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Richard Buel, Jr.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, N.Y. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
302 pages ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-289) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The combustibles -- Massachusetts ablaze -- Dividing to conquer -- Paying the piper -- The struggle over declaring war -- Resistance to the war -- Toward the Hartford convention -- Denouement.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"The struggle between Thomas Jefferson's Republican Party and Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Party defined - and jeopardized - the political life of the early American republic. While Thomas Jefferson's election in 1800 signaled the beginning of the end for the Federalists, they did maintain their stronghold in New England for two more decades. Although greatly outnumbered, they managed to subvert numerous policies of James Madison's administration in the period before and during the War of 1812, threatening the very existence of the fragile young nation." "The world of the Founding Fathers comes to life in this tale of how close the union came to falling apart almost fifty years before the Civil War."--Jacket.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Federal Party (U.S.)
Federal Party (U.S.)
Federalist Party.
Republikanische Partei USA
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Federal Party (U.S.)
United States-- Politics and government-- 1789-1815.
Britisch-Amerikanischer Krieg.
Politics and government
Politische Auseinandersetzung.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Politics and government, 1789-1815.