Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface IX
4. 1. Franklins and Baches 1
5. 2. Identity and Youth, 1769–1785 23
6. 3. Coming of Age in America, 1785–1790 56
7. 4. The Paradoxes of Practical Liberty, 1790–1798 86
8. 5. Radical Ideology, 1790–1798 116
9. 6. In Search of the Cause, 1791–1792 158
10. 7. French Virtue, 1793 171
11. 8. A Democratic Society, 17 94–1795 205
12. 9. The British Treaty, 17 94–1796 239
13. 10. Partisan Rage: The Assault on Washington and the Election of 1796 275
14. 11. The French Crisis, 1797–1798 311
15. 12. Sedition 367
16. 13. Epilogue 395
17. Index 407
18. Backmatter 433