The Presidency of John Adams
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The Presidency of John Adams

The Collapse of Federalism, 1795-18

  1. 458 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Presidency of John Adams

The Collapse of Federalism, 1795-18

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1, 100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Contents
  3. 1. Bright Hopes for Mr. Jefferson
  4. 2. The Republican Challenge
  5. 3. Popular Federalism
  6. 4. The Candidates of 1796
  7. 5. Adams and Hamilton
  8. 6. Imported and Domestic Designs for Victory
  9. 7. The States and the Presidency
  10. 8. A Political Revolution in Pennsylvania
  11. 9. Discontent with Hamilton
  12. 10. Adams and Jefferson: Friendship and Politics
  13. 11. The Patronage Crisis and the Decline in Federal Status
  14. 12. The President and His Secretaries
  15. 13. Political Consequences of the X Y Z Papers
  16. 14. The Bête Noir of Federalism
  17. 15. A Just and Politic Peace
  18. 16. Politics and Peace, 1799
  19. 17. Independence
  20. Appendixes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index