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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... became , in turn , vitally important once the state - by - state results started piling up and showed that , despite the New York election , the Federalists were running better than had been expected . It soon became evident that the ...
... became , in turn , vitally important once the state - by - state results started piling up and showed that , despite the New York election , the Federalists were running better than had been expected . It soon became evident that the ...
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... became president , Jefferson noted that the costs of the country's remain- ing " merely agricultural , " and whether " such a state is more friendly to principles of virtue and liberty , ” were matters “ yet to be solved . ” The embargo ...
... became president , Jefferson noted that the costs of the country's remain- ing " merely agricultural , " and whether " such a state is more friendly to principles of virtue and liberty , ” were matters “ yet to be solved . ” The embargo ...
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... became the foundations for even larger labor organizations . These continuing efforts refocused Workeyism's energies on its more practical critiques of the developing commercial order . Above all , they sustained the radical arguments ...
... became the foundations for even larger labor organizations . These continuing efforts refocused Workeyism's energies on its more practical critiques of the developing commercial order . Above all , they sustained the radical arguments ...
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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