Federalists in Dissent Contributor(s): Kerber, Linda K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801405602 ISBN-13: 9780801405600 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $55.39 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1970 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - History | United States - 19th Century - Philosophy | Political |
Dewey: 320.973 |
LCCN: 72108160 |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.04 lbs) 252 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 quotations 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kerber, Linda K.: - Linda K. Kerber is May Brodbeck Professor in the Arts and Sciences and lecturer in the College of Law at the University of Iowa. |