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Beyond the Founders: New Approaches to the Political History of the Early American Republic

By Jeffrey L. Pasley

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0807828890, 9780807828892, 0807855588, 9780807855584
LCC
E302.1 .B495 2004
Open Library ID
OL3291273M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3085948 bytes)
Pages
448\450
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In pursuit of a more sophisticated and inclusive American history, the contributors to Beyond the Founders propose new directions for the study of the political history of the republic before 1830. In ways formal and informal, symbolic and tactile, this political world encompassed blacks, women, entrepreneurs, and Native Americans, as well as the Adamses, Jeffersons, and Jacksons, all struggling in their own ways to shape the new nation and express their ideas of American democracy.Taking inspiration from the new cultural and social histories, these political historians show that the early history of the United States was not just the product of a few "founding fathers," but was also marked by widespread and passionate popular involvement; print media more politically potent than that of later eras; and political conflicts and influences that crossed lines of race, gender, and class.

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