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Chesapeake Politics, 1781-1800

by Norman K. Risjord

Pages: 715

Contributors: Norman K. Risjord

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Place of Publication: New York

Publication Year: 1978

Subjects: Political Parties--Maryland--History,Political Parties--Virginia--History,Political Parties--North Carolina--History

Table of Contents

Title Page

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Part One: The Chesapeake Landscape

Chapter One: The Landscape and the People, from the Susquehanna to the Rappahannock

Chapter Two: The Landscape and the People, from the Rappahannock to Cape Fear

Part Two: The Beginnings of Political Parties, 1781-1787

Chapter Three: The Politics of Personalities, 1781-1783

Chapter Four: Debtor Relief for Rich and Poor

Chapter Five: Emergence of State Parties, 1784-1787

Chapter Six: Depression Politics, 1784-1787

Chapter Seven: Tories, Anglicans, and Slaves

Chapter Eight: The Western Question

Part Three: The Constitution and National Parties, 1788-1792

Chapter Nine: The Movement for Federal Reform

Chapter Ten: Ratification with or without Amendments

Chapter Eleven: Federalists Triumphant

Chapter Twelve: The Death of Antifederalism

Chapter Thirteen: The Chesapeake Wins the Capital

Chapter Fourteen: Rise of the Republicans

Part Four: The Party System Matures, 1793-1800

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen: The Politics of Taxes and Treaties, 1794-1795

Chapter Seventeen: Prosperity Solves Many Problems

Chapter Eighteen: Reform with Restraint

Chapter Nineteen: A Yankee President

Chapter Twenty: Mobilizing the Electorate: 1800

Appendix: Computerized Sorting Program for the Maryland House of Delegates

Notes

A Note on Sources

Index

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