Download or read book Federalists Reconsidered written by Doron S. Ben-Atar and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven contributions explore the impact of the political thinking and activity of the Hamiltonian Federalists upon American political culture. The essays explore a number of issues confronted by the Federalists including slavery, the treatment of women, Hamilton's commercialism vs. Jeffersonian agriculturalism, and efforts to come to grips with Ben Franklin's legacy after his death. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR