{"product_id":"the-human-tradition-in-antebellum-america-the-human-tradition-in-america-7-9780842028349","title":"The Human Tradition in Antebellum America The","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsists of mini-biographies of 15 Americans who lived during the Antebellum period in American history. This anthology presents a portrait of the lives of lesser-known Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrings the world of antebellum America alive. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eA superb anthology, brimming with talent and insight. Professor Morrison has assembled an outstanding collection which deepens our understanding of the early republic. The Human Tradition in Antebellum America will attract a wide audience. -- Laura McCall, Metropolitan State College of Denver\u003cbr\u003eBy giving voice to those Americans who have seldom been heard, this book reveals in unusual depth the democratization and expansion of American life in the early republic. Its focus on the rich diversity of the age reminds us all of the wide range of human experience in antebellum America at the same time as it strikingly portrays the fundamental contradictions between the promise and the reality of this crucial, formative period in U.S. history. -- Stephen Maizlish, University of Texas at Arlington\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of essays introduces three white women and twelve white, African American, Native American, or mixed-race men. In accessible prose, each author portrays one or more of these individuals who, in their private lives and public actions, represent life in the freewheeling world of their time. Each illuminates some of the tensions and possibilities of life in the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century. -- Peter Wallenstein, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University\u003cbr\u003eThese interesting and well-written essays on some of the lesser-known figures of the antebellum period provide unique and valuable insights into American society. Teachers as well as students will find them useful in developing their understanding and appreciation of the past. -- Kenneth R. Steven, Texas Christian University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Introduction: Shuttles of a New Nation: The Private Lives and Public Actions of Ordinary Americans Chapter 2 Abraham Bishop: Teacher, Lawyer, Orator, and Politician Chapter 3 John Wesley Young: Identity and Community among 'the People Called Methodist' Chapter 4 Trotter \u0026amp; Sons: Merchants in the Early West Chapter 5 Hiram Hill: House Carpenter, Lumber Dealer, Self-Made Man Chapter 6 Senator John Smith: The Rise and Fall of a Frontier Entrepreneur Chapter 7 ArsÈne LacarriÈre Latour: Immigrant, Patriot-Historian, and Foreign Agent Chapter 8 Thomas Sidney Jesup: Soldier, Bureaucrat, Gentleman Democrat Chapter 9 John Ross: Cherokee Chief and Defender of the Nation Chapter 10 Peter P. Pitchlynn: Race and Identity in Nineteenth-Century America Chapter 11 Hosea Easton: Forgotten Abolitionist 'Giant' Chapter 12 Laura Wirt Randall: A Woman's Life, 1803-1833 Chapter 13 Rebecca Reed: Anti-Catholic Agitator Chapter 14 Margaret Eaton: The Politics of Gender in Jacksonian America Chapter 15 Benjamin Tappan: Democrat, Scientist, Iconoclast Chapter 16 George Washington Harris: The Fool from the Hills","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528174674263,"sku":"9780842028349","price":122.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780842028349.jpg?v=1731870672","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-human-tradition-in-antebellum-america-the-human-tradition-in-america-7-9780842028349","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}