The Idea of a Party System
Subtitle: The Rise of Legitimate Opposition in the United States, 1780-1840 (Jefferson Memorial Lecture)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: July 1, 1970
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780520017542
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Social history; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; United States; Politics / Current Events; USA; General; United States - General; History / General; Political parties
First sentence: WHEN THOMAS JEFFERSON thought of setting down the lasting achievements he wanted inscribed on his tombstone, he mentioned the writing of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty and the founding of the University of Virginia-thus omitting almost flamboyantly all the accomplishments of his long career in national politics.