附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 757-909) and index.
Modes of thought and feeling in the founding generation -- Legitiimacy -- Finance and ideology -- The divided mind of James Madison, 1790 : nationalist versus ideologue -- The republic's capital city -- Jefferson and the yeoman republic -- Jefferson as Secretary of State -- The emergence of partisan politics : the "Republican interest" -- The French Revolution in America -- America and Great Britain -- The populist impulse -- The retirement of Washington -- John Adams and the dogma of "balance" -- Adams and Hamilton -- The settlement -- The mentality of Federalism in 1800.
摘要:Two esteemed American historians provide a reflective analytical survey of one of the most crucial periods in American history. They describe the events immediately following the American War of Independence when statesmen formed the new nation.
