Ecstatic Nation Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877 |
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Author:
| Wineapple, Brenda |
ISBN: | 978-0-06-123458-3 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2014 |
Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $29.99 |
Book Description:
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For America, the mid-nineteenth century was an era of vast expectation and expansion: the country dreamed big, craved new lands, developed new technologies, and after too long a delay, finally confronted its greatest moral failure: slavery. Award-winning historian and literary critic Brenda Wineapple explores these feverish, ecstatic, conflicted years when Americans began to live within new and ever-widening borders, both spiritual and geographic; fought a devastating war over...
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For America, the mid-nineteenth century was an era of vast expectation and expansion: the country dreamed big, craved new lands, developed new technologies, and after too long a delay, finally confronted its greatest moral failure: slavery. Award-winning historian and literary critic Brenda Wineapple explores these feverish, ecstatic, conflicted years when Americans began to live within new and ever-widening borders, both spiritual and geographic; fought a devastating war over parallel ideals of freedom and justice; and transformed their country, at tragic cost, from a confederation into one nation, indivisible.
A masterful synthesis of political, cultural, and intellectual history, breathtaking in sweep and scope, Ecstatic Nation is a spellbinding tale of America-its glory and greed, its aspirations and humiliations-in this exhilarating and momentous period.