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Rise of American Democracy
Sean Wilentz
其他書名
Jefferson To Lincoln
出版
WW Norton
, 2006-08-29
主題
Biography & Autobiography / Political
Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State
History / General
History / United States / 19th Century
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy
ISBN
0393329216
9780393329216
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2kybvdPsBTYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Winner of the Bancroft Award: "Monumental…a tour de force…awesome in its coverage of political events."—Gordon Wood,
New York Times Book Review
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
.