Grassroots Leviathan Agricultural Reform and the Rural North in the Slaveholding Republic |
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| Author:
| Ron, Ariel |
| Series title: | Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-3933-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2020 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $62.00 |
Book Description:
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Looking at farmers as serious independent agents in the making, unmaking, and remaking of the American republic, Grassroots Leviathan offers an original take on the causes of the Civil War, the rise of federal power, and American economic ascent during the nineteenth century.
Looking at farmers as serious independent agents in the making, unmaking, and remaking of the American republic, Grassroots Leviathan offers an original take on the causes of the Civil War, the rise of federal power, and American economic ascent during the nineteenth century.