Lovers''quarrel - The Two Foundings and American Political Development

Zusatztext There is a Renaissance in federalism studies and Elvin Lim has made a singular contribution to it by reviving a serious analysis of the Anti-Federalists and their tradition (as well as much more). This is a compelling and important book which should be read by all scholars of federalism and American political theory. Informationen zum Autor Assistant Professor of Political Science, Wesleyan University; author of The Anti-Intellectual Presidency (OUP, 2008) Klappentext This engaging and ambitious work traces this core conflict of the American republic - the debate between the central government-favoring Federalists and the individual rights-favoring Anti-Federalists - from the 1790s to the present, Zusammenfassung This engaging and ambitious work traces this core conflict of the American republic - the debate between the central government-favoring Federalists and the individual rights-favoring Anti-Federalists - from the 1790s to the present, Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 The Lovers' Quarrel: A Tale of Two Foundings 2 Federalists v. Republicans 3 Anti-Federalism and the Howls of Jacksonian Democracy 4 The Civil War and Publius Redux 5 Anti-Federalism and the Progressive Creative Destruction 6 The New Deal and the Nationalized Rhetoric of the Small Republic 7 Anti-Federalism and the Reagan Revolution 8 Epilogue: The Modern Tea Party vs. Obama, and Beyond, Appendix I: A Defense of APD defined as Durable Shifts in Federal Authority Appendix II: The Federalist Legacy Appendix III: The Anti-Federalist Legacy Notes Index

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• Authors: Elvin Lim, Elvin (Assistant Professor Lim, Elvin T Lim, Elvin T. Lim
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.08.2014
• EAN: 9780199812189
• ISBN: 978-0-19-981218-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Politics & government, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, History of the Americas, C 1700 To C 1800