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The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics
Sean Wilentz
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Description for The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics
Hardcover. One of our most eminent historians reminds us of the commanding role party politics has played in America's enduring struggle against economic inequality. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Sean Wilentz presents two key insights that reveal a much-needed vision of American political history. Firstly, partisanship has almost always been a feature of American history and has made possible its greatest social reforms. Secondly, the recent attention to economic inequality has a long history. From the founders' generation to the present, America's egalitarian tradition has appeared and reappeared like an underground river.
Sean Wilentz presents two key insights that reveal a much-needed vision of American political history. Firstly, partisanship has almost always been a feature of American history and has made possible its greatest social reforms. Secondly, the recent attention to economic inequality has a long history. From the founders' generation to the present, America's egalitarian tradition has appeared and reappeared like an underground river.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393285024
SKU
V9780393285024
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About Sean Wilentz
Sean Wilentz is the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University and author of the Bancroft Prize-winning The Rise of American Democracy, Bob Dylan in America, and many other works. He is completing his next book, No Property in Man, on slavery, antislavery, and the Constitution, based on his Nathan I. Huggins Lectures delivered at Harvard ... Read more
Reviews for The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics
Wilentz evinces a vast knowledge of the American past while exploring, in his unique way, the interplay between raw party politics and the ebb and flow of reform efforts. In offering his take on pivotal figures from Jefferson to Du Bois, Lincoln to LBJ, Wilentz challenges us to debate history and ideas in a way that honors the best of ... Read more