{"product_id":"ecstatic-nation-confidence-crisis-and-compromise-1848-1877-paperback","title":"Ecstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrenda Wineapple\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eNotable Book of 2013\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2013\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eBookpage\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2013\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDazzling in scope, \u003cem\u003eEcstatic Nation\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates one of the most dramatic and momentous chapters in America's past, when the country dreamed big, craved new lands and new freedom, and was bitterly divided over its great moral wrong: slavery.\u2028 \u2028With a canvas of extraordinary characters, such as P. T. Barnum, Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, and L. C. Q. Lamar, \u003cem\u003eEcstatic Nation\u003c\/em\u003e brilliantly balances cultural and political history: It's a riveting account of the sectional conflict that preceded the Civil War, and it astutely chronicles the complex aftermath of that war and Reconstruction, including the promise that women would share in a new definition of American citizenship. It takes us from photographic surveys of the Sierra Nevadas to the discovery of gold in the South Dakota hills, and it signals the painful, thrilling birth of modern America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn epic tale by award-winning author Brenda Wineapple, \u003cem\u003eEcstatic Nation\u003c\/em\u003e lyrically and with true originality captures the optimism, the failures, and the tragic exuberance of a renewed Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor America, the mid-nineteenth century was an era of vast expectation and expansion: the country dreamed big, craved new lands, developed new technologies, and after too long a delay, finally confronted its greatest moral failure: slavery. Award-winning historian and literary critic Brenda Wineapple explores these feverish, ecstatic, conflicted years when Americans began to live within new and ever-widening borders, both spiritual and geographic; fought a devastating war over parallel ideals of freedom and justice; and transformed their country, at tragic cost, from a confederation into one nation, indivisible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful synthesis of political, cultural, and intellectual history, breathtaking in sweep and scope, \u003cem\u003eEcstatic Nation\u003c\/em\u003e is a spellbinding tale of America--its glory and greed, its aspirations and humiliations--in this exhilarating and momentous period.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor America, the mid-nineteenth century was an era of vast expectation and expansion: the country dreamed big, craved new lands, developed new technologies, and after too long a delay, finally confronted its greatest moral failure: slavery. Award-winning historian and literary critic Brenda Wineapple explores these feverish, ecstatic, conflicted years when Americans began to live within new and ever-widening borders, both spiritual and geographic; fought a devastating war over parallel ideals of freedom and justice; and transformed their country, at tragic cost, from a confederation into one nation, indivisible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful synthesis of political, cultural, and intellectual history, breathtaking in sweep and scope, \u003cem\u003eEcstatic Nation\u003c\/em\u003e is a spellbinding tale of America--its glory and greed, its aspirations and humiliations--in this exhilarating and momentous period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 736\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454871584946,"sku":"9780061234583","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b4a345994290cbc99000f3baa1acbe8c.webp?v=1778861886","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/ecstatic-nation-confidence-crisis-and-compromise-1848-1877-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}