Full name: The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln

Author: Sean Wilentz Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Award winners, Politics Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780393329216 9780393058208 0393329216 0393058204

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. Similar books: What Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe The Age of Reagan by Sean Wilentz Empire of Liberty by Gordon S. Wood The National Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin The Right to Vote by Alexander Keyssar Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men by Eric Foner Eyewitness to America by David Colbert Promised Land, Crusader State by Walter Mcdougall The Age of Reform by Richard Hofstadter Miracles and Massacres by Glenn Beck The Colonial Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin A History of the American People by Paul Johnson The American Story by Jennifer Armstrong Savage Peace by Ann Hagedorn Plain, Honest Men by Richard Beeman History of the United States of America during the administrations of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Adams Rising Tide by John M. Barry Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen Modern Times by Paul Johnson