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Ecstatic Nation

- Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877

Om Ecstatic Nation

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.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelska
  • ISBN:
  • 9780061234583
  • Format:
  • Häftad
  • Sidor:
  • 736
  • Utgiven:
  • 5. augusti 2014
  • Mått:
  • 134x206x55 mm.
  • Vikt:
  • 636 g.
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Leveranstid: 2-4 veckor
Förväntad leverans: 17. december 2024

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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.

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