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Ecstatic Nation

- Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877

Om Ecstatic Nation

For America, the mid-nineteenth century was an era of vast expectation and expansion: the country dreamed big, craved new lands, developed new technologies, and after too long a delay, finally confronted its greatest moral failure: slavery. Award-winning historian and literary critic Brenda Wineapple explores these feverish, ecstatic, conflicted years when Americans began to live within new and ever-widening borders, both spiritual and geographic; fought a devastating war over parallel ideals of freedom and justice; and transformed their country, at tragic cost, from a confederation into one nation, indivisible. A masterful synthesis of political, cultural, and intellectual history, breathtaking in sweep and scope, Ecstatic Nation is a spellbinding tale of America?its glory and greed, its aspirations and humiliations?in this exhilarating and momentous period.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780061234583
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 736
  • Utgitt:
  • 5. august 2014
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 134x206x55 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 636 g.
Leveringstid: 2-4 uker
Forventet levering: 20. januar 2025

Beskrivelse av Ecstatic Nation

For America, the mid-nineteenth century was an era of vast expectation and expansion: the country dreamed big, craved new lands, developed new technologies, and after too long a delay, finally confronted its greatest moral failure: slavery. Award-winning historian and literary critic Brenda Wineapple explores these feverish, ecstatic, conflicted years when Americans began to live within new and ever-widening borders, both spiritual and geographic; fought a devastating war over parallel ideals of freedom and justice; and transformed their country, at tragic cost, from a confederation into one nation, indivisible. A masterful synthesis of political, cultural, and intellectual history, breathtaking in sweep and scope, Ecstatic Nation is a spellbinding tale of America?its glory and greed, its aspirations and humiliations?in this exhilarating and momentous period.

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