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The Early Republic Primary Documents on Events from 1799 to 1820
Patricia L. Dooley
ISBN: 0-313-32084-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32084-2
400 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 12/30/2004
List Price: $71.95 (UK Sterling Price: £49.95)
Discount Price: $35.98 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
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Media Type: Hardcover
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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: In the first two decades of the 19th century, the early American Republic emerged from under the shadow of the internal and external threats that had formerly plagued its progression towards independence, and with increased confidence in its capacity as a political institution and as a military power, began to consider the policies that would determine the country's course in the future. In determining these policies, whether military, economic, or political, no single institution was more instrumental than the press—the engine of the national consciousness, in the words of Thomas Jefferson. With this unique collection of primary documents, students, scholars, and other interested readers will be able to debate the issues central to this period.

Beginning with an extensive overview of the period, this book focuses on 26 pressing issues of the early republic. Each issue is presented with an introductory essay and multiple primary documents from the newspapers of the day, illustrating both sides of the debate. Some of the issues thus discussed include: the nation's first regime change (as the Federalists lost control of the White House to the Republicans); the Louisiana Purchase; the War of 1812; slave revolts; the fear of immigrants; disunion; and the wars against the Indians. This is a perfect resource for students interested in the early republic and the actual opinions and words of those involved
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Newspapers in America's Early National Period
    The Aftermath of George Washington's Death, 1799-1801
    The United States Capital Moves to the Potomac, 1800
    Thomas Jefferson's Election to the Presidency, 1800-1801
    Medical Treatment and The Rush-Light, 1800
    Gabriel's Slave Rebellion, 1800
    Jefferson's Patronage and the New Haven Remonstrance, 1801
    Thomas Jefferson's Mammoth Cheese and "Wall of Separation," 1802
    Nativism in the Age of Jefferson
    The Tripolitan War, 1801-1805
    The Louisiana Purchase, 1803
    Marbury v. Madison, 1801-1803
    Aaron Burr's Conspiracy and Arrest for Treason, 1805-1807
    The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807
    New Jersey's Repeal of Women's Suffrage, 1807
    The Embargo Act, 1807-1809
    The Launching of the Steam Boat Clermont, 1807
    The Battle of Tippecanoe, November 7-8, 1811
    The Declaration of the War of 1812
    The Burning of Washington, D.C., August 24, 1814
    "Marats, Dantons, and Robespierres": The Hartford Convention, 1814-1815
    The Era of Good Feelings, 1817
    New York City's Wild Dogs, Mad Hogs, and Petty Criminals, 1816-1818
    The Establishment of the Second Bank of the United States, 1816
    The Financial Panic and Depression of 1819
    Poverty and Pauperism in the Early National Period, 1805-1819
    The Missouri Compromise, 1819-1820
    Chronology of Events
    Selected Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: PATRICIA L. DOOLEY is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Elliot School of Communications at the University of Wichita. Her first book, Taking Their Political Place: Journalists and the Making of an Occupation, released in 1997, came out in paperback form in 2000.
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