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The first presidential contest : 1796 and the founding of American democracy Cover Image Book Book
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The first presidential contest : 1796 and the founding of American democracy

Pasley, Jeffrey L. 1964- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0700619070
  • ISBN: 9780700619078
  • Physical Description: xi, 516 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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  • Publisher: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2013]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction : the unintentional campaign -- A new republic and its discontents -- Popular politics in a postcolonial nation -- The Jay Treaty crisis and the origins of the 1796 campaign -- From measures to "that man" : toward the presidential option for political change -- The long goodbye : finding candidates in the shadow of Washington -- The first culture war : themes and issues of the Federalist campaign against Thomas Jefferson -- His rotundity : themes and issues of the democratic-republican campaign against John Adams -- Taking the electoral college to school : how presidential electors helped create the national presidential election rather than preventing it -- The party racers : voting for president in 1796 -- Epilogue : kiss my ass and go to Hell.

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Subject: Adams, John 1735-1826
Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826
Presidents United States Election 1796
Democracy United States History 18th century
United States Politics and government 1789-1809

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