Parties and Politics in the Early Republic

First published in 1967, Parties and Politics in the Early Republic outlines the vicissitudes of party politics in the early American Republic, showing how these played a part in critical events such as the establishment of a Bank of the United States, the purchase of Louisiana from the French, and the declaration of war on the British in 1812. The problems facing the American nation in 1789 immediately after Independence were considerable, and the obstacles to maintaining a successful federal u