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Early Republic: People and Perspectives

Early Republic: People and Perspectives

Hardcover

Series: Perspectives in American Social History

General ReferenceGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1598840193
ISBN13: 9781598840193
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: Dec 1 2008
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.65
Height: 0.90 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

In a compilation of essays, Early Republic: People and Perspectives explores the varied experiences of many different groups of Americans across racial, gender, religious, and regional lines in the early years of the country.

Written by expert contributors drawing on extensive new research, Early Republic: People and Perspectives ranges across the broad spectrum of society to explore the everyday lives of Americans from the birth of the nation to the beginning of Jacksonian Age (roughly 1830).

In a series of chapters, Early Republic provides vivid portraits of the farmers, entrepreneurs, laborers, women, Native Americans, and slaves who made up the population of the United States in its infancy. Key events, such as the two-party political system, the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, and the expansion into the Ohio Valley, are seen through the eyes of the ordinary citizens who helped make them happen, in turn, making the United States what it is today.

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