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could you point me to the futher reading on strains 1/2 and differences between them?

• DanielBMarkham 16y ago
  As far an an overview of these strains through the history of the country, I'm actually looking for a book that covers the longer version right now. The problem is that once you start giving concrete examples -- such as the Civil War continuing to evolve the United States along Hamilton's dreams -- people start getting offended. Many of these great political events and policies already have a narrative in people's minds, and people get touchy when you start redefining their version of history. And that's not even getting into the last hundred years! As far as how it started, here's a great introduction to the Great Debate. It's a description, in the Framer's words, of the issues they saw at the time the Constitution was created. Note that during the Constitutional Debate Jefferson was mostly neutral. Once he started serving in Washington's cabinet, however, it became obvious that these two strains of thought were always going to oppose each other. Jefferson noted that each day he girded himself to prepare for battle. Washington as well tried to stay above it all, and managed to do so during his presidency. Afterwards it became obvious that he was more of a smart-guy-and-structure person, but he managed to keep that mostly under wraps. http://www.teach12.com/ttcx/coursedesclong2.aspx?cid=4878 http://www.teach12.com/ttcx/coursedesclong2.aspx?cid=4878