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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974855203321

Autore

Freeman Joanne B. <1962->

Titolo

Affairs of honor : national politics in the New Republic / / Joanne B. Freeman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2001

ISBN

9786611735234

9781281735232

128173523X

9780300137798

0300137796

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Disciplina

306.2/0973/09034

Soggetti

Political culture - United States - History - 18th century

Politics and culture - United States - History - 18th century

Elite (Social sciences) - United States - Political activity - History - 18th century

Honor - Political aspects - United States - History - 18th century

United States Politics and government 1789-1815

United States Social conditions To 1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-364) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: Walking on Untrodden Ground -- 1. The Theater of National Politics -- 2. Slander, Poison, Whispers, and Fame: The Art of Political Gossip -- 3. The Art of Paper War -- 4. Dueling as Politics -- 5. An Honor Dispute of Grand Proportions: The Presidential Election of 1800 -- Epilogue Constructing American History -- A Note on Method -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"In this book, Joanne Freeman offers a major reassessment of political culture in the early years of the American republic. By exploring both the public actions and private papers of key figures like Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and Alexander Hamilton, as well as less famous politicians such as Senators William Maclay and William Plumer, Freeman reveals an alien and profoundly unstable political world



grounded on the code of honor. In the absence of a party system and with few examples to guide America's great experiment in republican governance, national politicians monitored their conduct and attacked their rivals according to the ethic of honor."