

A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era: Young America : The Transformation of Nationalism before the Civil War (Hardcover)
Key item features
The Young Americans were a nationalist movement within the Democratic Party made up of writers and politicians associated with the New York periodical, the Democratic Review. In this revealing book, Mark Power Smith explores the ways in which–in dialogue with its critics–the movement forged contrasting visions of American nationalism in the decades leading up to the Civil War.
Frustrated, fifty years after independence, by Britain’s political and cultural influence on the United States, the Young Americans drew on a wide variety of intellectual authorities—in the fields of literature, political science, phrenology and international law—to tie popular sovereignty for white men to the universalist idea of natural rights. The movement supported a noxious program of foreign interventionism, racial segregation, and cultural nationalism. What united these policies was a new view of national allegiance: one that saw democracy and free trade not as political privileges but as natural rights for white men.
Despite its national reach, this view of the Union inadvertently turned Northern and Southern states against each other, helping to cultivate the conditions for the Civil War. In the end, the Young America movement was ultimately consumed by the sectional ideologies it had brought into being.
Specs
- Book formatHardcover
- Fiction/nonfictionNon-Fiction
- GenreHistory
- Pages292
- Reading levelGeneral (US: Trade)
- EditionStandard Edition
Free 90-day returns
How do you want your item?
More seller options (4)
Get free delivery, shipping and more*
About this item
Product details
The Young Americans were a nationalist movement within the Democratic Party made up of writers and politicians associated with the New York periodical, the Democratic Review. In this revealing book, Mark Power Smith explores the ways in which-in dialogue with its critics-the movement forged contrasting visions of American nationalism in the decades leading up to the Civil War.
Frustrated, fifty years after independence, by Britain's political and cultural influence on the United States, the Young Americans drew on a wide variety of intellectual authorities--in the fields of literature, political science, phrenology and international law--to tie popular sovereignty for white men to the universalist idea of natural rights. The movement supported a noxious program of foreign interventionism, racial segregation, and cultural nationalism. What united these policies was a new view of national allegiance: one that saw democracy and free trade not as political privileges but as natural rights for white men.
Despite its national reach, this view of the Union inadvertently turned Northern and Southern states against each other, helping to cultivate the conditions for the Civil War. In the end, the Young America movement was ultimately consumed by the sectional ideologies it had brought into being.
The Young Americans were a nationalist movement within the Democratic Party made up of writers and politicians associated with the New York periodical, the Democratic Review. In this revealing book, Mark Power Smith explores the ways in which–in dialogue with its critics–the movement forged contrasting visions of American nationalism in the decades leading up to the Civil War.
Frustrated, fifty years after independence, by Britain’s political and cultural influence on the United States, the Young Americans drew on a wide variety of intellectual authorities—in the fields of literature, political science, phrenology and international law—to tie popular sovereignty for white men to the universalist idea of natural rights. The movement supported a noxious program of foreign interventionism, racial segregation, and cultural nationalism. What united these policies was a new view of national allegiance: one that saw democracy and free trade not as political privileges but as natural rights for white men.
Despite its national reach, this view of the Union inadvertently turned Northern and Southern states against each other, helping to cultivate the conditions for the Civil War. In the end, the Young America movement was ultimately consumed by the sectional ideologies it had brought into being.
Specifications
Book format
Fiction/nonfiction
Genre
Pages
Warranty
Warranty information
Similar items you might like
Based on what customers bought
Civil War Soldiers and Strategies Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America, (Paperback) $31.75 Was $39.95
$3175current price $31.75, Was $39.95$39.95Civil War Soldiers and Strategies Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America, (Paperback)
Voices of the Civil War From Huntsville To Appomattox: R. T. Coles's History Of 4Th Regiment,, (Paperback) $34.95
$3495current price $34.95Voices of the Civil War From Huntsville To Appomattox: R. T. Coles's History Of 4Th Regiment,, (Paperback)
Plymouth's Civil War: The Destruction of a North Carolina Town, (Paperback) $24.95
$2495current price $24.95Plymouth's Civil War: The Destruction of a North Carolina Town, (Paperback)
Story of the American Civil War: Discover the Bloody Conflict That Shaped a Nation, (Hardcover) $15.00
$1500current price $15.00Story of the American Civil War: Discover the Bloody Conflict That Shaped a Nation, (Hardcover)
Civil War Era in the South Catholic Confederates: Faith and Duty in the Civil War South, (Paperback) $26.99
$2699current price $26.99Civil War Era in the South Catholic Confederates: Faith and Duty in the Civil War South, (Paperback)
A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era: Newest Born of Nations : European Nationalist Movements and the Making of the Confederacy (Hardcover) $29.25
$2925current price $29.25A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era: Newest Born of Nations : European Nationalist Movements and the Making of the Confederacy (Hardcover)
Our People Are Warlike: Civil War Pittsburgh and Home-Front Mobilization, (Hardcover) $28.07 Was $32.50
$2807current price $28.07, Was $32.50$32.50Our People Are Warlike: Civil War Pittsburgh and Home-Front Mobilization, (Hardcover)
Sam Richards's Civil War Diary: A Chronicle of the Atlanta Home Front, (Paperback) $27.40
$2740current price $27.40Sam Richards's Civil War Diary: A Chronicle of the Atlanta Home Front, (Paperback)
Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America, (Hardcover) $24.44
$2444current price $24.44Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America, (Hardcover)
15 out of 5 Stars. 1 reviewsJohn Frémont's 100 Days: Clashes and Convictions in Civil War Missouri, (Paperback) $20.39
$2039current price $20.39John Frémont's 100 Days: Clashes and Convictions in Civil War Missouri, (Paperback)
Defending Dixie's Land: What Every American Should Know About The South and The Civil War, (Hardcover) $30.81
$3081current price $30.81Defending Dixie's Land: What Every American Should Know About The South and The Civil War, (Hardcover)
Civil War in the Great Interior Missouri's War: The Civil War in Documents, (Paperback) $24.34
$2434current price $24.34Civil War in the Great Interior Missouri's War: The Civil War in Documents, (Paperback)
Voices of the Civil War Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivors, (Hardcover) $28.67 Was $33.89
$2867current price $28.67, Was $33.89$33.89Voices of the Civil War Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivors, (Hardcover)
Lincoln: The Life and Legacy That Defined a Nation in 100 Objects, (Hardcover) $33.24
$3324current price $33.24Lincoln: The Life and Legacy That Defined a Nation in 100 Objects, (Hardcover)
15 out of 5 Stars. 1 reviewsCauses of the Civil War in America, (Hardcover) $26.95
$2695current price $26.95Causes of the Civil War in America, (Hardcover)
History of Wisconsin Civil War Regiments: Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry, (Hardcover) $31.20
$3120current price $31.20History of Wisconsin Civil War Regiments: Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry, (Hardcover)
The Civil War for Teens: An Enthralling Guide to a Major Event in American History, (Hardcover) $26.39
$2639current price $26.39The Civil War for Teens: An Enthralling Guide to a Major Event in American History, (Hardcover)
Civil War America Reconstruction's Ragged Edge: The Politics of Postwar Life in the Southern Mountains, (Paperback) $31.84
$3184current price $31.84Civil War America Reconstruction's Ragged Edge: The Politics of Postwar Life in the Southern Mountains, (Paperback)
Nation Divided The Weaker Sex in War: Gender and Nationalism in Civil War Virginia, (Paperback) $19.95
$1995current price $19.95Nation Divided The Weaker Sex in War: Gender and Nationalism in Civil War Virginia, (Paperback)
Three Star The Greatest Calamity: Tennessee in the Civil War Era, (Paperback) $19.00
$1900current price $19.00Three Star The Greatest Calamity: Tennessee in the Civil War Era, (Paperback)
Customer ratings & reviews
Related pages
- General World Political Books
- European Political Books
- 8th President Usa
- Purchase History
- Revolutionary History Books
- Russia Hoax
- Canadian Political Books
- Robert Lovett Professor Of History John Lewis Gaddis
- Founding Republic
- Great Britain Courts; United States Courts
- 19th Century United States History Books
- Americas History Books
