Salon.com - Obama and the dawn of the Fourth Republic
The article argues that US history is a series of republics since 1788, three so far, with the fourth actually starting in 2004. Each lasted about 72 years, each had two parts: an expansion of governmental powers (Hamiltonian) and then a reforming and moderating (but not eliminating) tendency (Jeffersonian). These 'republics' coincided [but weren't related?] to changes in the economy in the US, major transitions from old kinds of labor and production to new kinds. The article argues that Obama will be hailed as the first of the new republic.
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