Political Parties Before the Constitution by Jackson Turner Main
This is the first book dealing with any period in American history which attempts to describe and analyze national politics through studying voting patterns in state legislatures. During the 1780s two relatively stable legislative parties"" emerged in every state, and each state possessed common characteristics. Main labels these parties ""localists"" and ""cosmopolitans"" and show how such issues as funding of debts, paper money, and land prices provided a battlefield for those early part division.Originally published in 1972.
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Main, Jackson Turner: - The late Jackson Turner Main (1917-2003) taught history at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780807811948 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807811947 |
| Title | Political Parties Before the Constitution |
| Author | Jackson Turner Main |
| Series | Published For The Omohundro Institute Of Early American History And Culture Williamsburg Virginia |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Year published | 1972-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 501 |
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