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An eminent historian reminds us of the commanding role party politics has played in America's enduring struggle against economic inequality.
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.
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"A shrewd and engaging assessment of the variable American tradition of egalitarianism, particularly as manifested in the political lives of Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, right up through Lyndon Johnson and his Great Society scrupulously detailed, elegantly written, incisively argued, and effectively combative." --Philip Roth
"Sean Wilentz is a rare historian who writes with confidence about the entire scope of American history and who does so in a way accessible to a broad reading public. The Politicians & the Egalitarians, like his previous books, is sure to command attention." --Eric Foner
"Sean Wilentz has become our generation's foremost historian as public intellectual, positioning himself as a blend of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and Richard Hofstadter, the historical giants of the mid-20th-century era of consensus." --Reviews in History
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"Sean Wilentz is a rare historian who writes with confidence about the entire scope of American history and who does so in a way accessible to a broad reading public. The Politicians & the Egalitarians, like his previous books, is sure to command attention." --Eric Foner
"Sean Wilentz has become our generation's foremost historian as public intellectual, positioning himself as a blend of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and Richard Hofstadter, the historical giants of the mid-20th-century era of consensus." --Reviews in History
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 in 2015.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 039335413X
- ISBN 13 9780393354133
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. One of our most eminent historians reminds us of the commanding role party politics has played in Americas enduring struggle against economic inequality. "There are two keys to unlocking the secrets of American politics and American political history." So begins The Politicians & the Egalitarians, Princeton historian Sean Wilentzs bold new work of history. First, America is built on an egalitarian tradition. At the nations founding, Americans believed that extremes of wealth and want would destroy their revolutionary experiment in republican government. Ever since, that idea has shaped national political conflict and scored major egalitarian victoriesfrom the Civil War and Progressive eras to the New Deal and the Great Societyalong the way. Second, partisanship is a permanent fixture in America, and America is the better for it. Every major egalitarian victory in United States history has resulted neither from abandonment of partisan politics nor from social movement protests but from a convergence of protest and politics, and then sharp struggles led by principled and effective party politicians. There is little to be gained from the dream of a post-partisan world. With these two insights Sean Wilentz offers a crystal-clear portrait of American history, told through politicians and egalitarians including Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincoln, and W. E. B. Du Boisa portrait that runs counter to current political and historical thinking. As he did with his acclaimed The Rise of American Democracy, Wilentz once again completely transforms our understanding of this nation's political and moral character. An eminent historian reminds us of the commanding role party politics has played in Americas enduring struggle against economic inequality. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780393354133
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