The Young America movement and the transformation of the Democratic Party, 1828-61
By: Yonatan Eyal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780521875646
Subjects: 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
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The spirit of Young America; title: Orthodox Jacksonianism, 1828-1844; title: Trade and improvements : the economic orientation of Young America Democrats; title: Rails, canals, and a new commercial spirit; title: Young America Democrats and the revolutions of 1848; title: A new international consciousness; title: The fires of perfection revisited; title: The anti-slavery democracy; title: New Democrats and the coming of the Civil War; title: Conclusion: Lincoln on Young America