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Affairs of honor : national politics in the New Republic / Joanne B. Freeman.

By: Publication details: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2001.Description: xxiv, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0300088779 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.20973 23
LOC classification:
  • E310 .F85 2001
Summary: In this extraordinary book, Joanne Freeman offers a major reassessment of political culture in the early years of the American republic. By exploring both the public actions and private papers of key figures likes Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and Alexander Hamilton, as well as less famous politicians such as Senators William Maclay and William Plumer, freeman reveals an alien and profoundly unstable political world grounded on the code of honor. In the absence of a party system and with few examples to guide America's great experiment in republican governance, national politicians monitored their conduct and attacked their rivals according to the ethic of honor.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this extraordinary book, Joanne Freeman offers a major reassessment of political culture in the early years of the American republic. By exploring both the public actions and private papers of key figures likes Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and Alexander Hamilton, as well as less famous politicians such as Senators William Maclay and William Plumer, freeman reveals an alien and profoundly unstable political world grounded on the code of honor. In the absence of a party system and with few examples to guide America's great experiment in republican governance, national politicians monitored their conduct and attacked their rivals according to the ethic of honor.

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