Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Union or No Union; CHAPTER TWO: The Continuity of Political Life; CHAPTER THREE: Antifederalist Fears Confirmed; CHAPTER FOUR: Federal Policy and Domestic Affairs; CHAPTER FIVE: Federal Policy and Foreign Affairs: I; CHAPTER SIX: Federal Policy and Foreign Affairs: II; CHAPTER SEVEN: Party Politics and Political Theory; CHAPTER EIGHT: The Triumph of Agrarian Republicanism; CHAPTER NINE: Virginia and the Revolution of 1800; APPENDIX ONE: Leadership of the House of Delegates, 1788-1800
APPENDIX TWO: Party Divisions in the House of DelegatesAPPENDIX THREE: Local Interest Groups in the House of Delegates, 1788-1790; Bibliographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y
Summary
This comprehensive study -- an honorable mention in the 1971 Frederick Jackson Turner Award competition -- traces the emergence and development of the Republican and Federalist party organizations in Virginia and shows how the old oligarchic system based on wealth, influence, and social prestige remained strong in that state after the formation of the new nation. The book covers details of the Virginia Antifederalists' continuing hostility to the federal Constitution, James Madison's switch from the Federalist party to the emerging Republican party, Madison's and Jefferson's attempts to coordi
