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Author:

Eyal, Yonatan, 1977-

Title:

The Young America movement and the transformation of the Democratic Party, 1828-61 / Yonatan Eyal.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xii, 252 p.; 24 cm.

Subject:

Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861
United States--Economic conditions--To 1865

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The spirit of Young America -- Orthodox Jacksonianism, 1828-1844 -- Trade and improvements : the economic orientation of Young America Democrats -- Rails, canals, and a new commercial spirit -- Young America Democrats and the revolutions of 1848 -- A new international consciousness -- The fires of perfection revisited -- The anti-slavery democracy -- New Democrats and the coming of the Civil War -- Conclusion: Lincoln on Young America.

ISBN:

0521875641 (hardback)
9780521875646 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)80461021

LCCN:

2007003448

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)