Man’s Better Angels
Romantic Reformers and the Coming of the Civil War
Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History, Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Philip F. Gura | ISBN: | 9780674978140 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Philip F. Gura |
| ISBN: | 9780674978140 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Banks failed, inequality grew, people were out of work, and slavery threatened to rend the nation in two. The Panic of 1837 drew forth reformers who, animated by self-reliance, became prophets of a new moral order that would make America great again. Philip Gura captures a Romantic moment that was soon overtaken by civil war and postwar pragmatism.
Banks failed, inequality grew, people were out of work, and slavery threatened to rend the nation in two. The Panic of 1837 drew forth reformers who, animated by self-reliance, became prophets of a new moral order that would make America great again. Philip Gura captures a Romantic moment that was soon overtaken by civil war and postwar pragmatism.
