04079nam 2200685 450 991081366290332120200520144314.01-60994-986-21-60994-987-0(CKB)3710000000216112(SSID)ssj0001292321(PQKBManifestationID)11815907(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001292321(PQKBWorkID)11284256(PQKB)10589214(MiAaPQ)EBC1686330(CaSebORM)9781609949853(MiAaPQ)EBC1686329(Au-PeEL)EBL1686330(CaPaEBR)ebr10902222(OCoLC)886106713(Au-PeEL)EBL1686329(CaONFJC)MIL633451(OCoLC)886106712(PPN)18727360X(EXLCZ)99371000000021611220140813h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe American revolution of 1800 how Jefferson rescued democracy from tyranny and faction- and what this means today /Daniel Sisson with Thom HartmannFortieth anniversary edition.San Francisco, California :Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.,2014.©20141 online resource (313 pages)Includes index.1-322-02200-3 1-60994-985-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The Idea of a Non-party State -- CHAPTER 2 The Idea of Revolution -- CHAPTER 3 The Idea of Revolution: Conspiracy and Counterrevolution -- CHAPTER 4 The Principles of the American and French Revolutions -- CHAPTER 5 The Politics of Faction -- CHAPTER 6 The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and Threats to the First Amendment -- CHAPTER 7 The Politics of the Revolution of 1800: Prelude -- CHAPTER 8 The Politics of the Revolution of 1800: Revolution -- Afterword -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Authors.In this brilliant historical classic, Dan Sisson provides the definitive window into key concepts that have formed the backdrop of our democracy: the nature of revolution, stewardship of power, liberty, and the ever-present danger of factions and tyranny. Most contemporary historians celebrate Jefferson’s victory over Adams in 1800 as the beginning of the two-party system, but Sisson believes this reasoning is entirely the wrong lesson. Jefferson saw his election as a peaceful revolution by the American people overturning an elitist faction that was stamping out cherished constitutional rights and trying to transform our young democracy into an authoritarian state. If anything, our current two-party system is a repudiation of Jefferson's theory of revolution and his earnest desire that the people as a whole, not any faction or clique, would triumph in government. Sisson's book makes clear that key ideas of the American Revolution did not reach their full fruition until the "Revolution of 1800," to which we owe the preservation of many of our key rights. With contributions by Thom Hartmann that bring out the book’s contemporary relevance, this fortieth anniversary edition contains new insights and reflections on how Jefferson’s vision can help us in our own era of polarization, corruption, government overreach, and gridlock.PresidentsUnited StatesElection1800Political scienceUnited StatesHistoryRevolutionsUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesPolitics and government1789-1809PresidentsElectionPolitical scienceHistory.RevolutionsHistory.973.4/6092Sisson Dan1937-1606802Hartmann Thom1951-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813662903321The American revolution of 18003932764UNINA