Grassroots Leviathan - Agricultural Reform and the Rural North in the Slaveholding Republic

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.

About the author

Ariel Ron is the Glenn M. Linden Assistant Professor of the U.S. Civil War Era at Southern Methodist University.

Product details

• Authors: Ariel Ron, Ariel (Assistant Professor of History Ron, Ariel (Associate Professor of History Ron
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781421439327
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-3932-7
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia; Studies in Early American Econ
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, Economic history, Cultural studies: food & society, History of the Americas