Rise of American Democracy : Jefferson to Lincoln

English

ISBN: 0393058204

EAN: 9780393058208

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads Of State/Biography & Autobiography / Political/Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy/History / United States / General/

Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Release Date: 11/08/2005

Synopsis: In this magisterial work, Sean Wilentz traces a historical arc from the earliest days of the republic to the opening shots of the Civil War. One of our finest writers of history, Wilentz brings to life the era after the American Revolution, when the idea of democracy remained contentious, and Jeffersonians and Federalists clashed over the role of ordinary citizens in government of, by, and for the people. The triumph of Andrew Jackson soon defined this role on the national level, while city democrats, Anti-Masons, fugitive slaves, and a host of others hewed their own local definitions. In these definitions Wilentz recovers the beginnings of a discontentwo starkly opposed democracies, one in the North and another in the Southnd the wary balance that lasted until the election of Abraham Lincoln sparked its bloody resolution.

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Rise of American Democracy : Jefferson to Lincoln

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 2.05 inches

Width: 7.13 inches

Length: 9.53 inches

Weight: 53.23 oz

Pages: 992