| Description |
xvii, 475 pages ; 23 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill, 1974. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-457) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Radical whigs and the resistance movement -- Congressional factionalism and the decision to revolt -- Factions and the spirit of seventy-six -- The politics of war, 1776-1778 -- Confederation -- Congressional parties, 1777-1779 -- The second resistance: the politics of foreign affairs, 1778-1779 -- Currency finance and corruption, 1776-1779 -- Crisis, confederation, consolidation -- The nationalist dilemma: finance, France, and the West, 1781-1782 -- The failure of the nationalists -- The ascendancy of the South: 1784-1785 -- The crisis of the confederation -- Epilogue: the genesis of the first party system. |
| Subject |
United States. Continental Congress.
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Political parties -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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United States. Continental Congress. (OCoLC)fst00542848
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Political parties. (OCoLC)fst01069410
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1799
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0819165255 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780819165251 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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