LEADER 03721nam 22006135 450 001 9910451953503321 005 20210527003515.0 010 $a1-281-73523-X 010 $a9786611735234 010 $a0-300-13779-6 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300137798 035 $a(CKB)1000000000477740 035 $a(OCoLC)213306104 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10190714 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000099618 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11108873 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099618 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10017499 035 $a(PQKB)10666428 035 $a(DE-B1597)485226 035 $a(OCoLC)1024005478 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300137798 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420257 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000477740 100 $a20200424h20082008 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAffairs of Honor $eNational Politics in the New Republic /$fJoanne B. Freeman 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2008] 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (401 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-09755-7 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tPrologue: Walking on Untrodden Ground --$t1. The Theater of National Politics --$t2. Slander, Poison, Whispers, and Fame: The Art of Political Gossip --$t3. The Art of Paper War --$t4. Dueling as Politics --$t5. An Honor Dispute of Grand Proportions: The Presidential Election of 1800 --$tEpilogue Constructing American History --$tA Note on Method --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn this extraordinary 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 such as Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and Alexander Hamilton, 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 experiment in republican governance, the rituals and rhetoric of honor provided ground rules for political combat. Gossip, print warfare, and dueling were tools used to jostle for status and form alliances in an otherwise unstructured political realm. These political weapons were all deployed in the tumultuous presidential election of 1800-an event that nearly toppled the new republic. By illuminating this culture of honor, Freeman offers new understandings of some of the most perplexing events of early American history, including the notorious duel between Burr and Hamilton. A major reconsideration of early American politics, Affairs of Honor offers a profoundly human look at the anxieties and political realities of leaders struggling to define themselves and their role in the new nation. 606 $aPolitical culture$xHistory$y18th century$zUnited States 606 $aPolitics and culture$xHistory$y18th century$zUnited States 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$xHistory$xPolitical activity$y18th century$zUnited States 606 $aHonor$xPolitical aspects$xHistory$y18th century$zUnited States 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aPolitics and culture$xHistory 615 0$aElite (Social sciences)$xHistory$xPolitical activity 615 0$aHonor$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 676 $a973.4 700 $aFreeman$b Joanne B.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01043549 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451953503321 996 $aAffairs of Honor$92468601 997 $aUNINA