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From Union to Empire: Essays in the Jeffersonian Tradition Hardcover – July 10, 2003

by Clyde N. Wilson (Author), Joseph R. Stromberg (Foreword)

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Jeffersonian Democrats, also konw as Southern conservatives, were once a numerous and common American type. They are seldom heard from any more, but for over 30 years Clyde N. Wilson has been examining American history and current events from just such a viewpoint. Wilson, as historian and columnist Joseph Stromberg writes in the foreward, is "the kind of conservative who is a stalwart defender of federalism and republicanism, and the liberties associated with them. Such conservatives are few and far between these days.... "He is ... one a of a vanishing group of professional historians who do not regard Southern life and history as on dark, Gothic misfortune after another.... "What comes of this is the creative deployment of a Southern persective on American history---one that yields interesting and important insights.... "It is hard to do justice to Wilson's work.... Suffice it to say that there is good, powerful writing here, where an understanding of the value of genuine aristocratic leadership is mixed with the practical wisdom of the plain folk of the South. I have long been waiting for a collection of Wilson's essays and, having seen it, I can say it is well worth careful adn repeated reading."

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356 pages
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English
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The Foundation for American Education
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July 10, 2003
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0962384216
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978-0962384219
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...Otto Scott, The Compass; and more. Endorsed by Southern Partisan magazine and the Conservative Book Club. -- FAE con't. #2 ...Otto Scott, The Compass; and more. Endorsed by Southern Partisan magazine and the Conservative Book Club. --FAE con't. #2 ...Robert Cheeks, Human Events; Jack Kershaw, The Southern Patriot; Kevin R. Dietrich, The State; E. Ray Moore, The Columbia World... -- FAE, con't. ...Robert Cheeks, Human Events; Jack Kershaw, The Southern Patriot; Kevin R. Dietrich, The State; E. Ray Moore, The Columbia World... --FAE, con't. Published reviews: Chilton Williamson, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture; Thomas E. Woods, Jr., The American Conservative... -- The Foundation for American Education Published reviews: Chilton Williamson, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture; Thomas E. Woods, Jr., The American Conservative... --The Foundation for American Education

...Robert Cheeks, Human Events; Jack Kershaw, The Southern Patriot; Kevin R. Dietrich, The State; E. Ray Moore, The Columbia World... --FAE, con't.

...Otto Scott, The Compass; and more. Endorsed by Southern Partisan magazine and the Conservative Book Club. --FAE con't. #2

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From Union to Empire: Essays in the Jeffersonian Tradition by Clyde N. Wilson is a selection from his over 300 articles and essays written between 1969 and 2001. A second collection of writings on the South, past, present, and future, is in preparation, tentatively titled "Defending Dixie: Essays in Southern History and Culture." Clyde N. Wilson is a native Tar Heel and a long-time Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. He recently completed the editing and publication of the 28-volume edition of The Papers of John C. Calhoun. Prof. Wilson is the author or editor of over 30 books, including Carolina Cavalier, Why the South Will Survive, and The Essential Calhoun. He has received the Bostick Prize for contributions to South Carolina literature and has been director of publications and programs for the League of the South Institute for the Study of Southern Culture and History.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Foundation for American Education; 1st edition (July 10, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 356 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0962384216
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0962384219
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.45 pounds

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Huffy

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Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2015

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I am absolutely entranced by the author's ability to hit the bull's eye on every page of this text. He writes with the skill of a Hemingway, but evaluates his evidence far better than possible for even a real Sherlock Holmes. Ordinary readers may find their passive vocabularies occasionally challenged a bit--but the challenge will give their minds the wings to fly into areas they may never have dreamed existed. Dr. Wilson presents historical truths that have been well hidden for over a century. He is so thorough in the turning over of Republican and Democratic rocks which have been used to bury historical facts--that some very long time, deliberately hidden truths are made clearly visible once again. Wilson is, in a truly marvelous fashion, connects the historical dots from the past to the present and takes them on to the future. It is easy to see why this man has been so highly honored both by the University of South Carolina and by the SC state, itself! Fans of the Bushy boys, the Clintons, the Obamas will not like this book, nor will admirers of the "Unholy Foursome"--The CFR, the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderbergers, and the International Bankers. This means that it should be greeted with great appreciation by all readers of middle and upper middle class status and others able to shake off the sloshing brainwash administered to them via past and present pro Marxist propagandists.. This is a TERRIFIC book.

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T. Anderson

Sometimes abrasive, always insightful

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2007

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One could readily effuse a string of encomia to describe the erudition and insightfullness of the author, but what makes the book come alive is that Dr. Wilson is never too shy to express his opinion. Hamilton is an 'evil genius,' JFK an 'incompetent,' Wilson an 'hypocrite,' and Teddy Roosevelt a 'boob.' Maybe such epithetical remarks are harsh - I do not believe so - but they always seem to be correct and are often amusing. I cannot say that I agreed with all of the author's opinions but I always had the impression that his opinions were well reasoned.

The book, being a collection of essays spanning decades, covers a number of topics and persons acting and is an excellent overview of Southern Conservative though regardless of the reader's own political bent. Perhaps the best praise is that I have learned much in an area where I would consider myself well-read.

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James J. Brennan

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thank you

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2013

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Very interesting. I was very impressed with what I have read. Being a series of essays, I haven't read it from cover to cover, but am finding politics in our beginning very similar to today. Simply, our constitution has been debated over and over but still seems to continue to be the greatest document of governing ever devised.

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Erving L. Briggs

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Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2016

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I love any book by Mr. Wilson, was not disappointed with this one.

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Well written

Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2018

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Very informative

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2017

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Good book

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Jim

but it offers some very good viewpoints on some of the problems in the country ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2017

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This is a book of separate essays (some 20 years or more old), but it offers some very good viewpoints on some of the problems in the country right now. Some of the essays are prophetic in ways. If you want more insight on what our Republic (if we can still call it that in 2017) was supposed to be like, you'll enjoy this book! Clyde Wilson is an amazing writer and has the ability to see right through the PC crap that some many other authors seem to stumble over.

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