The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln - Rilegato

Wilentz, Sean

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ISBN 10: 0393058204 ISBN 13: 9780393058208

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2006

Riassunto

A political history of how the fledgling American republic developed into a democratic state at the onset of the Civil War offers insight into how historical beliefs about democracy compromised democratic progress, providing coverage of the rivalry between Jeffersonians and Federalists, and identifying the roles of key contributors, including Andrew Jackson, Anti-Masons, and fugitive slaves. 50,000 first printing.

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In this monumental work, Sean Wilentz traces a historical era, from the early days of the elitist American republic to the opening shots of the American Civil War. 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. By combining the political history of the towering figures in early American history with an intimate look at the influence of innumerable lesser-known figures, "The Rise of American Democracy" compels us to understand American democracy not as a historical inevitability or an abstract philosophical system, but as a fragile enterprise shot through with human frailties, conflicts, accommodations and unforeseen events. Those events, from Thomas Jefferson's time to Abraham Lincoln's, produced the underpinnings of the American democracy we know today.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0393058204
• ISBN 13: 9780393058208
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 1044