The Federalist Era 1789-1801

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Summary: Good history of the beginnings of political parties.
Review: This book focuses on the domestic political scene in the United States during the period covered. Foreign affairs, and social affairs are discussed in context of how it affected the development of the Federalist party and the Democratic-Republican party. The book is well written and I found it enjoyable to read. It is well organized although there are a couple of times he discusses the same event in two widely separate parts of the book without a clear transition, so it makes it look like he's going off on to a tangent, then back to his original topic. Good academic history.

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Summary: Book For Class
Review: This book was for my political science class. Though it was better than most other books on history it was still pretty dry. I found it hard to read more than one chapter at a time, but it could have been worse. I enjoy reading on history but this book wasn't for me.