On November 7, 2023, historians Carol Berkin, author of A Sovereign People: The Crises of the 1790s and the Birth of American Nationalism, and H.W. Brands, author of Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, Adams, and the Brawling Birth of American Politics, joined Jeffrey Rosen for a conversation on political partisanship and nationalism in early America, and how, despite the founders’ fear of factionalism, deep partisan divisions emerged almost immediately after the Revolution. They discuss the election of 1800, the first hotly contested partisan election in American history, and trace the history of American partisanship to the present day.
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Lincoln’s Lessons: Then and Now
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Democracy Checkup: Preparing for the 2024 Election
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America’s Most Consequential Elections: From FDR to Reagan
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Justice Stephen Breyer on Reading the Constitution
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Democracy, Populism, and the Tyranny of the Minority
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The Constitution Drafting Project: A Discussion of Five New Amendments
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