Unfinished Revolution: The Early American Republic in a British World (Jeffersonian America)
"Unfinished Revolutionis an impressive reinterpretation of United States history between 1815 and 1850, built around the theme of American Anglophobia. In a time when the British Empire was the world's superpower, most Americans resented British condescension and feared British aims, even while many of them also hoped to replicate British industrialization, humanitarian reform, and literary accomplishments. Versatile and learned, Sam Haynes is helping U.S. history overcome its parochialism and become more global."(Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer Prize–winning author ofWhat Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848)"This is one of those rare works that encourages readers to see the past in a wholly new way, to see totally unsuspected connections between developments in art and politics, to appreciate in a new light the role of cultural values and emotions as shaping forces in history.... This era of American history will never look the same again."(Steven Mintz, Columbia University, author ofMoralists and Modernizers: America’s Pre–Civil War Reformers)Sam W. Haynes'Unfinished Revolutiontakes the reader through familiar territory from an entirely different perspective. Haynes shows, very convincingly, that Great Britain remained a significant part of American history well after Andrew Jackson's great victory at New Orleans.(Lucas A. Powe, Jr., University of Texas Law SchoolHistory Book Club)