Empire of liberty: a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815 9780195039146, 0195039149, 9780199832460, 0199832463

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English Pages xix, 778 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, maps, portraits Year 2009;2011

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Empire of liberty: a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815
 9780195039146, 0195039149, 9780199832460, 0199832463

Table of contents :
Rip Van Winkle's America --
Experiment in republicanism --
A monarchical republic --
The Federalist program --
The emergence of the Jeffersonian Republican party --
The French Revolution in America --
John Adams and the few and the many --
The crisis of 1798-1799 --
The Jeffersonian revolution of 1800 --
Republican society --
The Jeffersonian West --
Law and an independent judiciary --
Chief Justice John Marshall and the origins of judicial review --
Republican reforms --
Between slavery and freedom --
The rising glory of America --
Republican religion --
Republican diplomacy --
The War of 1812 --
A world within themselves.

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