In this magisterial work, sean wilentz traces a hist. Thereafter, sean wilentz shows, a fateful division arose between two starkly opposed democraciesa division contained until the election of. 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. Sean wilentz is george henry davis 1886 professor of american history at princeton university. Wilentzs first book, chants democratic 1984, was a celebrated study of the rise of the working class in the early republic, an especially appropriate subject for a scholar known for his. Robert wilentz is also a contributing editor at the new republic. New york city and the rise of the american working class, 17881850 1984, in. The rise of american democracy by sean wilentz is a thorough analysis of american democracy really from the time of washington and the foundation of the federalists and antifederalists through the rise of the republicans against the various factions of democrats and whigs at the start of the civil war. A grand political history in a fresh new style of how the elitist young american republic became a roughandtumble democracy. Sean wilentz, daytonstockton professor of history at princeton university and wellknown public intellectual, has written a very big book.
He is completing his next book, no property in man, on slavery, antislavery, and the constitution, based on his nathan i. 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. He is the author of numerous books on american history and politics, including the rise of american democracy, which won the bancroft prize and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize, and the politicians and the egalitarians, chosen as best history book of the year by kirkus and the st. Sean wilentz is the george henry davis 1886 professor of american history at princeton university and author of the bancroft prizewinning the rise of american democracy, bob dylan in america, and many other works. Books by sean wilentz author of the rise of american. 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. Sean wilentz is the george henry davis 1886 professor of american history at princeton university and author of the bancroft prizewinning the rise of american democracy, bob dylan in. Sean wilentzs most popular book is the rise of american democracy.
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