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The Federalist Era, 1789–1801

John C. Miller

With pace, clarity, judiciousness, and a sense of balance, Miller recounts the story of the dramatic clash over fundamental issues that marked the Federalist administrations, the classic contest between Hamilton and Jefferson for dominance in Washington’s administration, and between John Adams and the Hamiltonians when the New Englander succeeded to the Presidency. Miller makes it perfectly clear that the Federalists were maladroit politicians who failed to recognize the democratic roots of American society. One learns why the Federalists felt that the American experiment in free government had failed when Jefferson was elected, but, despite their shortsightedness, they had taken a parchment and turned it into an effective instrument of government.
 

$16.95 list, 394 pages

10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-031-5

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-031-6

© 1960

“In a style as swift-paced as this exciting era deserves, Professor Miller [offers] an absorbing and scholarly account of the political history of these years.” —The New England Quarterly

Table of Contents

1. The Launching of the “Great Experiment”
2. “The More Perfect Union” in Action
3. Hamilton Takes Command: The Report on Public Credit
4. The Bank of the United States and the Report on Manufactures
5. Thomas Jefferson and the Philosophy of Agrarianism
6. The Quarrel Between Hamilton and Jefferson
7. The Emergence of Political Parties
8. Genêt and the French Alliance
9. The Crisis of 1794
10. The Whisky Rebellion and Jay’s Treaty
11. Western Conspiracy and Washington’s Farewell Address
12. Foreign Affairs and Domestic Politics
13. The Federalist Reaction
14. The Election of 1800