The Vineyard of Liberty, 1787–1863Open Road Media, 10 abr 2012 - 752 páginas A Pulitzer Prize winner looks at the course of American history from the birth of the Constitution to the dawn of the Civil War. The years between 1787 and 1863 witnessed the development of the American Nation—its society, politics, customs, culture, and, most important, the development of liberty. Burns explores the key events in the republic’s early decades, as well as the roles of heroes from Washington to Lincoln and of lesser-known figures. Captivating and insightful, Burns’s history combines the color and texture of early American life with meticulous scholarship. Focusing on the tensions leading up to the Civil War, Burns brilliantly shows how Americans became divided over the meaning of Liberty. Vineyard of Liberty is a sweeping and engrossing narrative of America’s formative years. |
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Jeffersonian Leadership | |
The American Way of | |
The Birth of the Machines | |
The Wind from the West | |
The Peoples Constitution | |
The Majority That Never | |
The Empire of Liberty | |
The Culture of Liberty | |
Neither Liberty Nor Union | |
The Grapes of Wrath | |
The BloodRed Wine | |
NOTES | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |
The Workshop of Democracy | |
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