 Evolution of American history and its four major currents — Jacksonian, Wilsonian, Jeffersonian, and Hamiltonian — from the War of Independence to the First World WarÉvolution de l'histoire américaine et de ses quatre grands courants, jacksoniens, wilsoniens, jeffersoniens et hamiltoniens: de la guerre d’indépendance à la première guerre mondialeYves Roucaute ()
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: On this first lecture on the United States, Yves Roucaute, Full Professor, agrégé in political science and philosophy, Doctor of State in political science, shows that the whole of American history — from the war of liberation of the colonies to the Second World War — is shaped by conflicts and alliances between four clearly defined currents: the "Wilsonian" current, born from the founding Puritan religious movements of the USA; the "Jeffersonian" current, born with Jefferson; the "Jacksonian" current, in reality born with Washington; and the "Hamiltonian" current, born with Hamilton. After showing that these currents remain today the key to understanding American politics, he follows step by step the evolution of this history, examining the shifts in positions and the regional influence of these currents up to the Civil War. Then, after the creation of the Republican Party — founded in opposition to the pro-slavery Democratic Party — he analyzes the internal tensions at work within both parties, together with the changes in alliances, which the Professor links to the evolution of American power. Examining each presidential election, and showing how the alliance of Jeffersonians and Jacksonians took shape within the Republican Party, and how that of Hamiltonians and Wilsonians formed within the Democratic Party, this lecture concludes with Pearl Harbor and the reversal of power relations within the Republican Party, when the Jacksonian "America First" current finally took a pro-war position. Keywords: Herbert Hoover; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Yves Roucaute; Alexander Hamilton; Abraham Lincoln; George Washington; Rise of American power; American Revolution; U.S. foreign policy; American Civil War; Republican Party; Democratic Party; Liberal Party; American political parties; American politics; American political currents; History of the United States; Warren G. Harding; Calvin Coolidge; Theodore Roosevelt; Thomas Jefferson; Andrew Jackson; James Madison; John Adams; John Quincy Adams; Henry Clay; Ulysses S. Grant; William McKinley; Woodrow Wilson; Politique étrangère américaine; Guerre de Sécession; Révolution américaine; Construction de la puissance américaine; États-Unis; Parti démocrate; Parti libéral; Courants politiques américains; Histoire des États-Unis; Politique américaine; Partis politiques américains; Parti républicain (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Histoire des relations internationales et recomposition du monde contemporain : les États-Unis, de la naissance à la Seconde Guerre mondiale. History of International Relations and the Reshaping of the Contemporary World: The United States from Birth to the Second World War, Bridgepoint Group; Y International Consulting, Mar 2019, Paris, France There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05355867 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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