The Jeffersonian Persuasion: Evolution of a Party Ideology - Hardcover

Banning, Lance

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801411513 ISBN 13: 9780801411519

Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1978

Synopsis

This revisionary study offers a convincing new interpretation of Jeffersonian Republican thought in the 1790s. Based on extensive research in the newspapers and political pamphlets of the decade as well as the public and private writings of party leaders, it traces the development of party ideology and examines the relationship of ideology to party growth and actions.

About this title

About the Author:

The late Lance Banning was Professor of History at the University of Kentucky. His other books include The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic, also from Cornell, and Jefferson and Madison: Three Conversations from the Founding.

Review:

"Banning records the first stirrings of Jeffersonian Republicanism, an alignment against an alleged threat by proponents of sovereignty and a moneyed aristocracy. His impressive study emphasizes that the final shape of America's stripling government was never a foregone conclusion but was hammered out link by link as Old World political models confronted New World ideologies."

"Banning supports his thesis with persuasive arguments, evidence, and a careful definition of the word 'ideology.'... In sum, this balanced and judicious book will be welcomed by all scholars of American history as a valuable contribution to our understanding of the nation's formative years."

"No library holdings of political party development or the early political history of the nation will be complete without The Jeffersonian Persuasion."

About this edition

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0801411513
• ISBN 13: 9780801411519
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312