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The Republic Reborn
War and the Making of Liberal America, 1790-1820
Winner of the Book Prize for New Authors from the National Historical Society
The War of 1812 played a critical role in the emergence of an American "culture of capitalism." In The Republic Reborn Steven Watts offers a brilliant new interpretation of the war and the foundation of liberal America. He explores the sweeping changes that took place in America between 1790 and 1820—the growth of an entrepreneurial economy of competition, the devlopment of a liberal political structure and ideology, and the rise of a bourgeois culture of self-interest and self-control. "Serving as a vehicle for change and offering an outlet for the anxieties of a changing socity," Watts writes, the War of 1812 "ultimately intensified and sanctioned the imperatives of a developing world-view."
About the Author
Steven Watts teaches intellectual and cultural history at the University of Missouri.
Reviews
"As the national love feast with Oliver North reminded us, Americans have an abiding attraction to war and warriors... The Republic Reborn probes the historical roots of this attraction."
Paperback / softback | |
August 1, 1989 | |
9780801839412 | |
English | |
406 | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
1.25 Pounds (US) | |
$30.00 USD, £25.00 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Other Titles by Steven Watts
The Romance of Real Life
Other Titles from New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History
Reading the Market
The Cybernetics Moment
Invisible Sovereign
Other Titles in HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Belonging to the Army
Benjamin Lincoln and the American Revolution
The Brave New World, third edition
Other Titles in American War of Independence
George Washington's Final Battle
Shays's Rebellion