The Federalist Frontier

In The Federalist Frontier Kristopher Maulden tracks the power and influence of the Federalist vision for governance from the late 1700s through the mid-1800s in the Old Northwest. Maulden's analysis emphasizes the ideologies and institutions that he asserts demonstrate the enduring legacies of Federalism beyond the period of the early American Republic. Whereas most scholars speak to the demise of Federalist influence in the early nineteenth century, he describes the principles of “energy in government, neo-mercantilist economics, and well-ordered republican liberty” as the foundation upon which Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois were built and flourished in the 1810s and beyond (p. 10). Five of the six primary chapters cover developments in the region up to 1815, which means the bulk of the analysis occurs within the commonly understood lifespan of the Federalists, if we consider their final surge in the War of 1812. Examinations of land speculation and state building ground

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