Political Parties Before the Constitution

by Jackson Turner Main

Book Overview

The Revolutionary Experience legitimatized opposition. Out of this opposition arose two legislative 'parties' known as the 'localists' and the 'cosmopolitans'. As early as 1776, issues concerning funding of debts, paper money, and land prices, provided a battle ground for these early party divisions. Roll call voting greatly concerned every important issue, the author has performed a roll-call analysis of the votes in the lower houses of the various...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807811947
• ISBN13: 9780807811948
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
• Length: 501 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"