George W. Bush and Al Gore were by no means the first presidential hopefuls to find themselves embroiled in a hotly contested electoral impasse. Two hundred years earlier; Thomas Jefferson and John Adams endured arguably the most controversial and consequential election in American history. Focusing on the wide range of possible outcomes of the 1800–1801 melee; this collection of essays situates the American "Revolution of 1800" in a broad context of geo-political and racial developments in the Atlantic world as a whole. In essays written expressly for this volume; leading historians of the period examine the electoral; social; and political outcome of Jefferson’s election in discussions strikingly relevant in the aftermath of the 2000 election.ContributorsJoyce Appleby; University of California; Los AngelesMichael Bellesiles; Emory UniversityJeanne Boydston; University of WisconsinSeth Cotlar; Willamette UniversityGregory Evans Dowd; University of Notre DameLaurent Dubois; Michigan State UniversityDouglas R. Egerton; Le Moyne College; SyracuseJoanne Freeman; Yale UniversityJames E. Lewis Jr.; independent scholar Robert M. S. McDonald; United States Military Academy; West PointJames Oakes; City University of New York Graduate CenterJeffrey Pasley; University of Missouri; ColumbiaJack N. Rakove; Stanford UniversityBethel Saler; Haverford CollegeJames Sidbury; University of TexasAlan Taylor; University of California; Davis
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Highly recommendedBy Jesse Roth; MDVery informative --- very well done by multiple authors0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Henry D LefcourtAn excellent compilation of well-researched essays; especially Andrew S. Dolkart's "From the Rag Trade to Riches".0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Jewish capitalismBy Paul F. Miskovitz MDExcellent review; technical; thorough; the book has small print but it is all there. Interesting sociology with anecdotes. I recommend it.
