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A grand political history in a fresh new style of how the elitist young American republic became a rough-and-tumble democracy.

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.

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As the revolutionary fervor of the war for independence cooled, the new American republic, says Princeton historian Wilentz, might easily have hardened into rule by an aristocracy. Instead, the electoral franchise expanded and the democratic creed transformed every aspect of American society. At its least inspired, this ambitious study is a solid but unremarkable narrative of familiar episodes of electoral politics. But by viewing political history through the prism of democratization, Wilentz often discovers illuminating angles on his subject. His anti-elitist sympathies make for some lively interpretations, especially his defense of the Jacksonian revolt against the Bank of the United States. Wilentz unearths the roots of democratic radicalism in the campaigns for popular reform of state constitutions during the revolutionary and Jacksonian eras, and in the young nation's mess of factional and third-party enthusiasms. And he shows how the democratic ethos came to pervade civil society, most significantly in the Second Great Awakening, "a devotional upsurge... that can only be described as democratic." Wilentz's concluding section on the buildup to the Civil War, which he presents as a battle over the meaning of democracy between the South's "Master Race" localism and the egalitarian nationalism of Lincoln's Republicans, is a tour-de-force, a satisfying summation and validation of his analytical approach. 75 illus. not seen by PW. (Oct.)
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Going against prevailing historical fashion, Sean Wilentz delivers a long, exhaustive survey of political machinations, both grand and minute. Though he forays into social and cultural history, the bulk of The Rise of American Democracy is a blow-by-blow account of what happened in the corridors of young America with a "house divided." Wilentz, author of Chants Democratic (1984) and professor of history and director of the American studies program at Princeton University, tells this compelling story with precision and poise, but reviewers question whether anyone but scholars will slog through the 1000-page tome. Within academic halls, at least, this impressive volume is certainly eligible to be the definitive synthesis of the era.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton (October 17, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1044 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393058204
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393058208
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.33 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.6 x 2.2 x 9.6 inches

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Sean Wilentz is the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1979. He received his Ph.D. in history from Yale University (1980) after earning bachelor’s degrees from Columbia University (1972) and Balliol College, Oxford University (1974). He is the author or editor of thirteen books, including The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln (2005), which was awarded the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His writings on American music have earned him two Grammy nominations and two Deems-Taylor-ASCAP awards. (He also holds the semi-facetious title of Historian-in-Residence at Bob Dylan's official website, www.bobdylan.com.) Professor Wilentz lectures frequently and has written some four hundred articles, reviews, and op-ed pieces for publications such as the New York Review of Books, the New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Le Monde, and Dissent. He has helped prepare speeches and congressional testimony, most notably his own testimony before the House Judiciary Committee in conjunction with the impeachment drive against President Bill Clinton in December 1998. He spent the academic year 2014-15 as the Leah and Michael Weisberg Fellow at the New-York Historical Society and the Siemens Berlin Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. He also delivered the annual Nathan I. Huggins Lectures at Harvard, which he is now preparing for publication as "No Property in Man": The Origins of American Antislavery Politics.
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Duckie Doc

tour de force

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 23, 2006

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Sean Wilentz's The Rise Of American Democracy is a tour de force. It is a long way from beginning to end. The journey is like traveling from Boston to Richmond in the 1800's by coach. Be prepared for a bumpy, arduous ride. It is well worth the trip. You arrive exhausted but the better for it. Gordon S. Wood in his review for the NY Times said probably only graduate history students would read the book. Tell Professor Wood that I am not a graduate student but I feel like one because of how much I learned about American democracy from Wilentz's book.

In the beginning was Jefferson & his Republican reaction to the Federalist cause & in the end another Republican of a different stripe, Abraham Lincoln. In the middle towers Andrew Jackson eroding the government of, by, and for the Privilaged Few by the torrents of his Populism. All those Presidents in between (there are eleven excluding Jackson) come to life in this hefty piece of scholarship. The dramatic tension is between those Presidents, Congress, the Court, & the people; it is the struggle to define democracy. Political differences are seen to coalesce to form parties, some more well defined than others but none maintaining the granite like identity of the now conservative & liberal parties in Great Britain. American political parties (when they appeared) were giant blobs of improvisation using the power of their constituencies to puff themselves up to govern for a time then deflate & morphing into something else again. It is an enchanting tale. The rise continues to this day.

Somehow my early education never connected the dots between the Founding Fathers & the American Revolution & Lincoln's Second Revolution. The dots get connected but the picture is not graphically pleasing. The rise of American democracy was an evolutionary process that was essentially gritty & chaotic but the themes Wilentz exposes are what make the story so much fun to read & so valuable to learn. I now have a better understanding of how we got here & the trip was well worth the ride.

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Definitive history of the antebellum era

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 24, 2007

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This is the definitive history of the critical formative period in American history in which the nation moved from its aristocratic and republican roots to more of a pure democracy. The great irony is that during this same time the South became more and more invested in its hierarchical society based on slave power.

Wilentz tells the story forcefully and meticulously. He also tells it with some flair. The sketches of Clay, Jackson, Van Buren, Webster, Calhoun, and Polk are particularly compelling and interesting. You will have to be patient with the long wind-up that sets the background of the book and brings the reader up to the War of 1812. Once you get to the War of 1812, the book takes off, and the characters that pepper the history of this period come to life.

Although the flyleaf compares Wilentz to Hofstadter, Wilentz lacks Hofstadter's interpretive flair and breadth of vision. He sticks to his narrative and to a handful and relatively simple but important themes. Also, Wilentz is not quite the narrative historian that David Potter and James McPherson are. Potter's "The Impending Crisis" is still the great history of the immediate antebellum era (1848-61) and James McPherson's "Battle Cry of Freedom", which also runs from 1848 but through the end of the Civil War, is also a leading work of the period. Wilentz, however, ties the period into the context of the first half of the 18th century. His contribution in that regard is invaluable.

Stick with this book despite its slow beginning and great length. It's definitely worth the effort.

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Likeable book even if you don't like Wilentz

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 12, 2009

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Other reviewers have done a good job of explaining the theme of the book as well as its virtues and flaws. I don't like Sean Wilentz or heed any of his commentary on modern politics, but I am glad I read the book. It covers a very complicated period in our history - one often neglected - and he generally does a good job as a writer in explaining the issues and carrying readers along.

That is, if you are a serious history buff with a long attention span. This book is not for light readers with a cursory interest in the period in question.

Do proceed with caution. Wilentz caricatures the early Federalists to some extent, and he sometimes goes easy on the Democratic Party. This naturally reflects his democratic - small 'd' - bias. Wilentz also likes to think he's savvier than most historians in assessing the true intentions of important figures, and the actual consequences of the major events, during that time. He flatters himself too much.

Yet Wilentz has enough integrity to recognize the faults of many of our post-revolutionary and antebellum leaders and he doesn't really whitewash anything. He is especially good detailing ground-level and grass-roots fights in localities and states over the nature and extent of democracy.

A worthwhile read despite its flaws. I'd also recommend What Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe and Throes of Democracy by Walter McDougall for different though less detailed interpretations of the same era.

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