Prologue to Democracy: The Federalists in the South 1789-1800 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813154329)

This study of the Southern Federalists examines their contribution to the formation of the party system at the end of the eighteenth century and to the liberalization of politics in America. Despite their belief in rule by the elite and their reluctance to develop an organized party system, the Southern Federalists are shown by Lisle A. Rose to have elicited political participation along broad geographic and social lines through local party efforts, newspaper campaigns, and mass meetings. Forc

Author: Lisle A. Rose
ISBN-10: 0813154324
ISBN-13: 9780813154329
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.77d