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 326
... conservative Democrats and conservative Whigs con- trolled the state parties ' machinery , and as the presidential election year dawned , it seemed likely that they and their southern colleagues would control the national parties as ...
... conservative Democrats and conservative Whigs con- trolled the state parties ' machinery , and as the presidential election year dawned , it seemed likely that they and their southern colleagues would control the national parties as ...
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... conservative northern Whigs , offended by Scott's pro - immigrant appeals , sat out the election . For these conservatives , the clear political lesson was that the Whigs , and the nation , could be saved only by restricting the ...
... conservative northern Whigs , offended by Scott's pro - immigrant appeals , sat out the election . For these conservatives , the clear political lesson was that the Whigs , and the nation , could be saved only by restricting the ...
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... conservative , 259 , 324 , 334 , 357-58 , 372 , 373 , 385 , 430 , 433 ; see also Silver Grays conservative revolution of , 253 Cotton , 319 , 324 , 357 , 362 Crockett as , 225 debt vs. taxation and , 276 deficit - spending program of ...
... conservative , 259 , 324 , 334 , 357-58 , 372 , 373 , 385 , 430 , 433 ; see also Silver Grays conservative revolution of , 253 Cotton , 319 , 324 , 357 , 362 Crockett as , 225 debt vs. taxation and , 276 deficit - spending program of ...
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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