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Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon - For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789 - 9781501705595 - V9781501705595
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For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789

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Description for For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789 Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.

In the spring of 1789, within weeks of the establishment of the new federal government based on the U.S. Constitution, the Senate and House of Representatives fell into dispute regarding how to address the president. Congress, the press, and individuals debated more than thirty titles, many of which had royal associations and some of which were clearly monarchical. For Fear of an Elective King is Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon’s rich account of the title controversy and its meanings. The short, intense legislative phase and the prolonged, equally intense public phase animated and shaped the new nation’s broadening political community. Rather than simply ... Read more

How the country titled the president reflected the views of everyday people, as well as the recognition by social and political elites of the irony that authority rested with acquiescence to egalitarian principles. The controversy’s outcome affirmed the republican character of the country’s new president and government, even as the conflict was the opening volley in increasingly partisan struggles over executive power. As such, the dispute is as relevant today as in 1789.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9781501705595
SKU
V9781501705595
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon
Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon is Visiting Scholar at the First Federal Congress Project in Washington, D.C.

Reviews for For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789
This book is tremendously rich in its historical account of the title controversy and in showing the dynamics of that controversy in a new and interesting way. The author reveals that a controversy that had previously seemed like nothing more than an odd 'sideshow' is actually illustrative of a fundamental shift inthe republican character of the country. She also demonstrates ... Read more

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