Published On Premiered Apr 1, 2024
On this episode of Rendezvous With History, Reagan Institute Director of Scholarly Initiatives Dr. Anthony Eames sits down with Dr. H.W. Brands who is the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. They discuss his latest book entitled, Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics. Professor Brands recounts the trails and tribulations surrounding the early years of the U.S., the battles over the size and scope of the federal government and its power, and how the formation of parties, or factions, was inevitable.
Table Of Contents:
0:00 Our First Civil War
4:39 Cast of Characters
9:58 Essential Mutiny
15:09 The Big Compromise
21:55 How Much Power?
27:29 Power of the Press
34:55 A Threat to the Nation
40:21 Rural Urban Split
46:19 What We’re Missing
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