First published in 1979, this volume offers students and
teachers a unique view of American history prior to the Civil War.
Distinguished historian David Brion Davis has chosen a diverse
array of primary sources that show the actual concerns, hopes,
fears, and understandings of ordinary antebellum Americans. He
places these sources within a clear interpretive narrative that
brings the documents to life and highlights themes that social and
cultural historians have brought to our attention in recent years.
Beginning with the family and the issue of socialization and
influence, the units move on to struggles over access to wealth and
power; the plight of "outsiders" in an "open" society; and ideals
of progress, perfection, and mission. The reader of this volume
hears a great diversity of voices but also grasps the unities that
survived even the Civil War.
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