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Book SynopsisThe 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 ReviewPower 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
