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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: William Manning, Michael Merrill
• Assisted by: Michael Merrill (Editor), Sean Wilentz (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.1993
• EAN: 9780674502888
• ISBN: 978-0-674-50288-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 290 g
• Illustrations: 7 halftones
• Series: John Harvard Library; John Harvard Library (Paperbac; The John Harvard Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education