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The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln

Sean Wilentz

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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 discontenttwo starkly opposed democracies, one in the North and another in the Southand the wary balance that lasted until the election of Abraham Lincoln sparked its bloody resolution. 75 illustrations.

Format:

Pages:: 1044 pages

Publication:: 2005

Publisher:: W. W. Norton & Company

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0393058204

ISBN13:: 9780393058208

kindle Asin:: 0393058204

The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln

Sean Wilentz

3.97/5 (1803 ratings)

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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 discontenttwo starkly opposed democracies, one in the North and another in the Southand the wary balance that lasted until the election of Abraham Lincoln sparked its bloody resolution. 75 illustrations.

Format:

Pages:: 1044 pages

Publication:: 2005

Publisher:: W. W. Norton & Company

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0393058204

ISBN13:: 9780393058208

kindle Asin:: 0393058204

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