Rival visions : how Jefferson and his contemporaries defined the early American republic / / edited by Dustin Gish and Andrew Bibby

• Pubblicazione: Charlottesville ; ; London : , : University of Virginia Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource 344 p..)
• Disciplina: 973.46092
• Soggetto topico: Republicanism - United States - History; Representative government and representation - United States - History
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government Philosophy; United States Politics and government 1775-1783; United States Foreign public opinion
• Persona (resp. second.): GishDustin A. <1969->; BibbyAndrew
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Jefferson, Madison, Adams: Conversations on Religious Liberty -- Slavery in Jefferson's Worlds: Monticello, America, and Beyond -- Washington and Jefferson: American Nationhood and the Problem of Slavery -- Part Three: Constitutional Controversies -- Work, Character, and the Moral Sense in the Early American Republic -- Technology, Progress, and Early American Constitutionalism -- An Enduring Political Rivalry: Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall -- Notes on Contributors -- Index -- Recent Books in the Series ; Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Envisioning the New Nation -- Rival Histories: The Early American Republic's Quarrel with Time -- The Philosophical Politics of Jefferson and Adams -- An American Abroad: Jeffersonian Diplomacy and Early American Nationalism -- The French Revolution, the Election of 1800, and the Character of the American Nation: A Transatlantic Perspective -- Part Two: National Tensions in the Early Republic -- The Public Interest of Religion in the New Nation
• Sommario/riassunto: "The emergence of America as a new nation on the world stage conjured rival visions of the early American Republic in the mind's eyes of both leading statesmen at home and attentive observers abroad. Jefferson envisioned the newly independent states as a loose federation of autonomous republics united by common experience, mutual interest, and an adherence to principles of natural rights. His views on popular government and the American experiment in republicanism, and later the expansion of its empire of liberty, helped fashion an influential account of the new nation, but also served as a touchstone for other, competing perspectives. While persuasive in some respects, his vision of early America did not stand alone as an uncontested paradigm. Among his contemporaries, Franklin, Washington, Adams, Hamilton, and Madison articulated their visions for the early American Republic, along with and often over against that of Jefferson, each vying to shape the new nation. Even beyond America, in this age of successive revolutions and crises, foreign statesmen began to formulate their own accounts of the new nation. This volume studies how these vigorous debates and competing rival visions forged the early American Republic in the formative epoch after the revolution, and what we learn about Jeffersonian America as it emerged from this crucible of intense rivalry"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Rival visions
• ISBN: 0-8139-4447-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825596803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II