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Lace Cuffs and Leather Aprons: Popular Struggles in the Federalist Era, 1783-1800

ISBN: 9780394920481

定价: 60.00

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INTRODUCTION
This book tells the story of the Federalist era which
1asted from the end of the Revolutionary War in 1 78 3
to the election of Thomas Iefferson in 1 80 aIn this
period the foundations of national government were laid
the Constitution was written and ratifiedthe Bill of
Rights was adoptedand a federal capital was established
at WashinnDC
The United States was then made up of a population
of about 4 million peoplemostly very poor and very
hardworkingwho lived scattered about in a vast coun
try that was to a 1arge extent an uncleared wilderness
There were no railroadsno metaled roads for carriages
not more than a few bridges to span the streams that
flowed from the western mountains to the Atlantic
0ceanThe United States was a backward country
emerging slowly and painfully from a position of colonial
dependencyeven as AfricanAsianand Latin American
excolonies fight their way toward the sun today
The country was torn by deep internal problemsNot
a few people wondered if the American people would
ever succeed as an independent nationFor exampleon
the question of slaveryAmericans had proudly embla
zoned on their revolutionary banner the ideal of human