Peter S. Onuf

TL;DR: Onuf's latest book, "Jefferson's Empire: The Language of American Nationhood" as discussed by the authors, is based on the early national period and Jeffersoniana and draws directly from Jefferson's writings to construct "the large contours of Jefferson's political philosophy" beginning with the American Revolution.

TL;DR: Matson and Onuf as mentioned in this paper reconstructs the discourse of American federalism, a discourse grounded in the debate over the role of government in the regulation of the economy, and integrate analyses of economic ideas and interests with many of the critical problems facing the union after the war such as jurisdictional disputes, threats of secession, and new prospects for frontier settlement.