Alan (University of Virginia) Taylor

American Republics

A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850

Buch

In this beautifully written history of America's formative period, an eminent historian upends the traditional story of a young nation marching to its continent-spanning destiny.The newly constituted United States actually emerged as an internally fragile union of states that clashed over a tenuous balance of regional power. European empires and the new republic of Mexico sought to contain that union by allying with Native peoples who defended their homelands. Bitter political divisions pitted those favouring strong government with elite rule against those, like Andrew Jackson, espousing a democratic populism for white men. With a flood of se… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-324-02180-3
EAN: 9781324021803
Produktnummer: 37596143
Verlag: WW Norton & Co
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Seitenangabe: 544 S.
Masse: H13.9 cm x B20.7 cm x D2.7 cm 414 g
Abbildungen: 35 illustrations
Gewicht: 414
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Alan Taylor has twice won the Pulitzer Prize in History, most recently for The Internal Enemy, also a National Book Award finalist. He is the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History at University of Virginia, and lives in Charlottesville.