John Zvesper
Political Philosophy and Rhetoric: A Study of the Origins of American Party Politics.
Cambridge University Press, 1977. Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics. First edition. 0521213231 237 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.75", is bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book shows very light shelfwear, with faint foxing/soiling to edges of text block. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Dust jacket is well preserved.
"This book analyses the origins of modern party politics in America. Dr Zvesper argues that the partisan conflict between Federalists and Republicans in the 1790s was not merely an interesting historical sequel to the American Revolution and the framing of the Constitution, but was a confrontation of two of the fundamental alternatives of modern political philosophy. Consideration of this fact, along with evidence of the class structure of American society, is then used to explain why the Republican party was the natural superior in the dispute with Federalism, and why Republican philosophy and rhetoric have been so essential to American politics ever since."