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The Young Americans were a nationalist movement within the Democratic Party made up of writers and politicians associated with the Democratic Review. In this revealing book, Mark Power Smith explores the ways in which the movement forged contrasting visions of American nationalism in the decades leading up to the Civil War.

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Power Smith does an exceptionally good job of braiding intellectual with political history. The result is a highly sophisticated interpretation of Young Americans’ views on nationalism, freedom, race, slavery, expansion, and democracy, as well as a finely grained view of antebellum politics. This book promises to make an original, insightful, and provocative contribution to the vast literature on antebellum American political and intellectual history."- Michael E. Woods, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, author of Arguing until Doomsday: Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the Struggle for American Democracy

Young America The Transformation of Nationalism

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      Publisher MP-VIR Uni of Virginia
      Published 9/22/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780813948539
      978-0813948539
      ISBN-10 0813948533
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      Civil wars Early modern warfare

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Young Americans were a nationalist movement within the Democratic Party made up of writers and politicians associated with the Democratic Review. In this revealing book, Mark Power Smith explores the ways in which the movement forged contrasting visions of American nationalism in the decades leading up to the Civil War.

      Trade Review
      Power Smith does an exceptionally good job of braiding intellectual with political history. The result is a highly sophisticated interpretation of Young Americans’ views on nationalism, freedom, race, slavery, expansion, and democracy, as well as a finely grained view of antebellum politics. This book promises to make an original, insightful, and provocative contribution to the vast literature on antebellum American political and intellectual history."- Michael E. Woods, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, author of Arguing until Doomsday: Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the Struggle for American Democracy

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