books by Sean Wilentz     books:     Sean Wilentz      The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America Paul E. Johnson, Sean Wilentz Oxford University Press, USA, 1995 A Fascinating Microcosm of the Burned-Over District In this work, Paul Johnson has taken a relatively small and unknown event and used it to illustrate not only an interesting event but also an interesting perspective on the Burned-Over District as a whole. It touches on everything from sexual corruption to radical ...             Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953 (The American Presidents ... Robert Dallek Times Books, 2008 The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century In April 1945, after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the presidency fell to a former haberdasher and clubhouse politician from Independence, Missouri. Many believed he would be overmatched by the ...             The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln Sean Wilentz W. W. Norton, 2005 A Wonderful Read covering the paradox of expansion of "American Democracy" and the centrifugal forces that tore America asunder Sean Wilentz's "The Rise of American Democracy" is a fantastic read covering my favorite period of American History. The general thesis of the book discusses the expansion of democracy in America, beginning with the Federalist Period and concluding with the first shot ...             Andrew Jackson Sean Wilentz Times Books - Henry Holt and Company, 2005 Good Summary of a Complex Person and Time He's on most lists of our best presidents as well as our $20 bill. Democrats hail him as a founder. After reading this book, and attempting a few others, it's still hard to understand why Jackson has been accorded such respect. I started both the Brand and Remini ...             The Conscience of a Conservative (The James Madison Library in American Politics) Barry M. Goldwater Princeton University Press, 2007 Clear and to the point This book is clear and to the point. Mr. Goldwater doesn't waste any time laying it all out on the line about what true conservatism is. My wife and I are adding it to our home school library of required additional reading.             John Tyler: The American Presidents Series: The 10th President, 1841-1845 (The American Presidents) Gary May Times Books, 2008 The first “accidental president,” whose secret maneuverings brought Texas into the Union and set secession in motion When William Henry Harrison died in April 1841, just one month after his inauguration, Vice President John Tyler assumed the presidency. It was a controversial move by this Southern gentleman, who had been placed on ...             The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008 Sean Wilentz Harper, 2008 More campaign literature than history Unfortunately this is a book which does a fine historian no credit. It is poorly written with many infelicitous lines but it has some value. Liberals and conservatives will both hate its nuanced appreciation of Reagan, a man of limited understanding but some firm ...             Major Problems in the Early Republic Second Edition (Major Problems in American History) Sean Wilentz, Jonathan Earle, ... Houghton Mifflin, 2007 Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the Major Problems in American History series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. This text serves as the primary anthology, even the textbook, for the course, covering the subject's entire chronological span. With nearly 50% ...             Liberty and the News (The James Madison Library in American Politics) Walter Lippmann Princeton University Press, 2007 The Creation of Independent Information.... This is a short book reissued by the Princeton University Press 88 years after its original publication. Lippmann argues for information that is honest, not created out of dishonesty and untruth. In current day terms, Lippmann favors information without spin. He ...             The Paranoid Style in American Politics (Vintage) Richard Hofstadter Vintage, 2008 This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs. In The Paranoid Style in American Politics , acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how ...             Abraham Lincoln: The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865 (The American Presidents) George S. McGovern Times Books, 2008 America’s greatest president, who rose to power in the country’s greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president—the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation’s wounds. His ...             David Walker's Appeal David Walker Hill and Wang, 1995 Important words, prophetic words David Walker was born in the late 1700s, in the newly-formed nation of the United States, shortly after ratification of the Constitution, into a society which on the one hand was celebrating a victory for freedom from oppression, but which also was still oppressive of ...             Major Problems In The Early Republic, 1787-1848: Documents and Essays (Major Problems in American History ... Sean Wilentz, Thomas Paterson Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991 Each chapter's documents identify the key issues and capture the passionate spirit and conviction of the historical actors. The essay selections spotlight research in the social and cultural history of the early republic.             The New Industrial State (The James Madison Library in American Politics) John Kenneth Galbraith Princeton University Press, 2007 An excellent (if difficult) book FROM THE PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION: Is it possible to offer a single comprehensive view of modern economic life and of the changes that are shaping its future? Mr. Galbraith in this volume proves that it is. He begins with the world of advanced technology highly ...             Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson (American History) David S. Reynolds Harper, 2008 America experienced unprecedented expansion and turmoil in the years between 1815 and 1848. In Waking Giant , Bancroft Prize-winning historian and literary critic David S. Reynolds illuminates the period's exciting political story as well as the fascinating social and cultural movements that influenced it. 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