{"product_id":"john-adamss-republic-richard-alan-ryerson-9781421419220","title":"John Adams's Republic: The One, the Few, and the Many","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis trailblazing study explores Adams's political thought across his entire career in law and public service.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Sally and Morris Lasky Prize of The Center for Political History Lebanon Velley College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholars have examined John Adams's writings and beliefs for generations, but no one has brought such impressive credentials to the task as Richard Alan Ryerson in\u003ci\u003e John Adams's Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. The editor-in-chief of the Massachusetts Historical Society's Adams Papers project for nearly two decades, Ryerson offers readers of this magisterial book a fresh, firmly grounded account of Adams's political thought and its development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf all the founding fathers, Ryerson argues, John Adams may have worried the most about the problem of social jealousy and political conflict in the new republic. Ryerson explains how these concerns, coupled with Adams's concept of executive authority and his fear of aristocracy, deeply influenced his political mindset. He weaves together a close analysis of Adams's public writings, a comprehensive chronological narrative beginning in the 1760s, and an exploration of the second president's private diary, manuscript autobiography, and personal and family letters, revealing Adams's most intimate political thoughts across six decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow, Adams asked, could a self-governing country counter the natural power and influence of wealthy elites and their friends in government? Ryerson argues that he came to believe a strong executive could hold at bay the aristocratic forces that posed the most serious dangers to a republican society. The first study ever published to closely examine all of Adams's political writings, from his youth to his long retirement, \u003ci\u003eJohn Adams's Republic\u003c\/i\u003e should appeal to everyone who seeks to know more about America's first major political theorist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Alan Ryerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 142141922X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421419220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.20w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2017","brand":"Richard Alan Ryerson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47474068127999,"sku":"9781421419220","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_005fa59e-3cd2-457b-9295-5495f619a064.jpg?v=1762314743","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/john-adamss-republic-richard-alan-ryerson-9781421419220","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}