The Early American Republic, 1789-1829 by Paul E. Johnson


The Early American Republic, 1789-1829
Title : The Early American Republic, 1789-1829
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ISBN : 0195154231
ISBN-10 : 9780195154238
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 208
Publication : First published December 1, 2005

Synthesizing political, social, and cultural aspects of early U.S. history, The Early American Republic, 1789-1829 provides a unique and integrated overview of the era. Focusing on the politics and process of nation-making and the birth of American market society, the book addresses two main subjects. First, it recounts the history of national politics from the presidency of George Washington through the inauguration of Andrew Jackson. During that period, the Founders struggled to make a national republic, then watched as their United States became bigger, more democratic, and more divided than anything they had envisioned. Second, the book describes the beginnings of American market society, demonstrating how many Americans began to organize their lives around earning, buying, and selling. The Early American Republic, 1789-1829 illustrates the formative years of American nationhood, democracy, and free-market capitalism. While most people consider these to be inevitably
American, the book demonstrates that none were natural, inevitable, or undisputed in 1789.
Examining all aspects of the Early Republic, the book explores such topics as family life, religion, the construction and reconstruction of gender systems, the rise of popular print and other forms of communication, and evolving attitudes toward slavery and race. It also covers the social history of market society, territorial expansion, and the growth of slavery, offering detailed region-, race-, and class-specific considerations of family life and religion. Providing a brief, comprehensive, and clearly written synthesis of American political, economic, social, and cultural development, The Early American Republic, 1789-1829 is ideal for courses in the early national period.

The Early American Republic, 1789-1829 Reviews

  • Vee

    Great introduction to the period. Found a few things I'd like to look into more, and got the basics for things I had forgotten since high school! Lots of facts without being boring, and I really appreciated the "further reading" section at the end.

  • Julia Bozza

    Read it for class

  • Jc

    A good concise history of the countries formative years prior to the final drive to the period of devision that culminated in the Civil War. Lots of details on the social changes of the everyday world of the American citizenship as well as the economic and political changes that helped create the America we were to become. Here we see the end of the
    Revolutionary generation and rise of the first truly American generation (with all the problems and issues that still plague this land).

  • Lynda

    Johnson's book is very informative and useful for anyone in the humanities who wishes to not only understand early American history, but also wishes to contextualize their own studies with history. Johnson chronicles America's financial, political, and domestic evolution. I was struck by his attention to the role of the woman on farms and in the city home.