The Key of Liberty - The Life and Democratic Writings of William Manning, “a Laborer,” 1747–1814

'The Key of Liberty' offers, better than any book yet published, a grassroots view of the rise of democratic opposition in the new nation. It sheds considerable light on the popular culture--literary, religious, and profane--of the epoch.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Sean Wilentz is George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous books on American history and politics, including The Rise of American Democracy, which won the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and The Politicians and the Egalitarians, chosen as Best History Book of the Year by Kirkus and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Wilentz’s writings on American music have earned him two Grammy nominations and two Deems-Taylor-ASCAP awards.

Zusammenfassung

The Key of Liberty offers, better than any book yet published, a grassroots view of the rise of democratic opposition in the new nation. It sheds considerable light on the popular culture—literary, religious, and profane—of the epoch.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: William Manning, Michael Merrill
• Mitarbeit: Michael Merrill (Herausgeber), Merrill Michael (Herausgeber), Sean Wilentz (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: University Presses
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.03.1993
• EAN: 9780674502888
• ISBN: 978-0-674-50288-8
• Gewicht: 290 g
• Illustration: 7 halftones
• Serien: John Harvard Library; John Harvard Library (Paperbac; The John Harvard Library
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Essays, Feuilleton, Literaturkritik, Interviews; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Political science and theory, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies