Era of Experimentation: American Political Practices in the Early Republic (Jeffersonian America) [Illustrated] 0813935601, 9780813935607

In Era of Experimentation, Daniel Peart challenges the pervasive assumption that the present-day political system, organ

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Era of Experimentation: American Political Practices in the Early Republic (Jeffersonian America) [Illustrated]
0813935601, 9780813935607

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