The Rise of American Democracy, Volume 3 Slavery and the Crisis of American Democracy, 1840 - 1860
by Sean Wilentz
Now available in three separate paperbacks designed for college courses, The Rise of American Democracy, acclaimed as the definitive study of the period by one of the greatest American historians, 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. The College Edition features a new preface and further reading lists for each volume. It eliminated the endnotes of the one-volume edition but preserves the entire text of the original.Biography & AutobiographyPresidents & Heads of StateHistoryUnited States19th CenturyPolitical Science
RELEASED2006
PUBLISHERW. W. Norton, Incorporated
LENGTH446
LANGUAGEEN
Robert Sean Wilentz (born February 20, 1951) is an American historian who serves as the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University.
The Rise of American Democracy, Volume 3 Slavery and the Crisis of American Democracy, 1840 - 1860
by Sean Wilentz
Now available in three separate paperbacks designed for college courses, The Rise of American Democracy, acclaimed as the definitive study of the period by one of the greatest American historians, 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. The College Edition features a new preface and further reading lists for each volume. It eliminated the endnotes of the one-volume edition but preserves the entire text of the original.Biography & AutobiographyPresidents & Heads of StateHistoryUnited States19th CenturyPolitical SciencePolitical IdeologiesDemocracy
RELEASED2006
PUBLISHERW. W. Norton, Incorporated
LENGTH446
LANGUAGEEN
Robert Sean Wilentz (born February 20, 1951) is an American historian who serves as the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University.
