Essays examine the electoral, social, and political implications of the controversial presidential election of 1800 and the electoral impasse that forced a Hous

An “excellent” history of the tumultuous early years of American government, and a constitutional crisis sparked by the Electoral College (Booklist). In the

An insightful assessment of Jefferson’s defeat of Adams in the 1800 election, and how it represented a blow against elitism and authoritarianism. In this bril

As controversial and explosive as it is elegant and learned, this examination of Thomas Jefferson, as man and icon, through the critical lens of the French Revo

A history of the presidential campaign follows the clash between the two candidates, Adams and Jefferson, and their different visions of the future of America,