Prologue to Democracy: The Federalists in the South 1789-1800

by Lisle A Rose and Lisle A. Rose

Book Overview

This study of the Southern Federalists examines their contribution to the formation of the party system at the end of the eighteenth century and to the liberalization of politics in America. Despite their belief in rule by the elite and their reluctance to develop an organized party system, the Southern Federalists are shown by Lisle A. Rose to have elicited political participation along broad geographic and social lines through local party efforts,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813154324
• ISBN13: 9780813154329
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"