The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to LincolnW.W. Norton & Company, 2009 - 496 pages Acclaimed as the definitive study of the period by one of the greatest American historians, The Rise of American Democracy traces a historical arc from the earliest days of the republic to the opening shots of the Civil War. Ferocious clashes among the Founders over the role of ordinary citizens in a government of "we, the people" were eventually resolved in the triumph of Andrew Jackson. Thereafter, Sean Wilentz shows, a fateful division arose between two starkly opposed democracies--a division contained until the election of Abraham Lincoln sparked its bloody resolution. Winner of the Bancroft Award, shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize, finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2005 and best book of New York magazine and The Economist. |
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Page 157
... Buren hoped , the Republicans would sustain their domination instead of merging with their foes . The idea that Van Buren was building a pro - slavery or pro - southern party fundamentally distorts his motives and his conception of poli ...
... Buren hoped , the Republicans would sustain their domination instead of merging with their foes . The idea that Van Buren was building a pro - slavery or pro - southern party fundamentally distorts his motives and his conception of poli ...
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... Buren took a firm stand against the abolitionists while eschewing Calhounite pro - slavery . But rumors persisted through the South that Van Buren was a radical Yankee who planned to free the slaves by act of Congress as soon as he ...
... Buren took a firm stand against the abolitionists while eschewing Calhounite pro - slavery . But rumors persisted through the South that Van Buren was a radical Yankee who planned to free the slaves by act of Congress as soon as he ...
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... Buren in northern districts . The Calhounites and other state- rights extremists , having been outmaneuvered , either cast negative protest votes or abstained . Nearly four out of five northern Democrats supported the resolution , as a ...
... Buren in northern districts . The Calhounites and other state- rights extremists , having been outmaneuvered , either cast negative protest votes or abstained . Nearly four out of five northern Democrats supported the resolution , as a ...
Contents
American Democracy in a Revolutionary | 3 |
The Republican Interest and the SelfCreated Democracy | 17 |
The Making of Jeffersonian Democracy | 31 |
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