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The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln

Sean Wilentz traces the contested growth of American democracy from the founding era to the Civil War. He follows parties, elections, popular movements, reformers, and political leaders as they expanded participation while preserving profound exclusions based on race and sex. The book presents democracy not as a settled inheritance but as an unfinished system built through conflict, organization, and repeated struggles over who counted as the people.

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 2006-09-17
Format: Paperback
Pages: 1044
ISBN: 9780393329216

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History / United States / 19th Century Political Science / Political Process History / Social History

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1. We the People — The State of the American Idea with Sean WilentzChecked

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