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Indivisible : Daniel Webster and the birth of American nationalism / Joel Richard Paul.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: xx, 504 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593189047
  • 0593189043
Other title:
  • Daniel Webster and the birth of American nationalism
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Contents:
Independence Day 1801 -- Independence Day 1861 -- Independence Day 1812 -- Disunion 1814-1815 -- The Longest Winter 1815-1818 -- Panic 1819 -- The American in the Wilderness 1818-1822 -- Stealing Florida 1818-1822 -- "Leave the continent to us" 1818-1823 -- "The land is not wholly free" 1820-1821 -- "Godlike Daniel" 1824-1825 -- "The corrupt bargain" 1824-1825 -- "Lighthouses of the sky" 1825-1827 -- The Earthquake 1828 -- The Populist Revolt 1829-1839 -- "What is reform?" 1829-1832 -- "Liberty and union" 1830 -- "The magician and his tricks" 1830-1832 -- "A few thousand savages" 1830-1832 -- Nullification 1832 -- "The monster bank" 1833 -- "Van Ruin" 1835-1839 -- "Savage cruelties" 1837-1840 -- Fire on the Falls 1837-1839 -- "His Accidency" 1839-1841 -- "Prepare for war" 1841-1842 -- The Red Line 1841-1842 -- "Manifest Destiny" 1842-1845 -- "Young America" 1836-1850 -- "Fifty-four forty or fight!" 1845-1848 -- "A war of conquest" 1845-1846 -- "Ours is a government of the white man" 1846-1848 -- "Old Rough and Ready" 1847-1850 -- The Compromise 1850 -- Union Without Liberty 1850-1852 -- Will the Union Endure? 1851-1852.
Summary: "In Indivisible, historian and law professor Joel Richard Paul tells how Daniel Webster, a young New Hampshire attorney turned politician, rose to national prominence through his powerful oratory and popularized the ideals of American nationalism that helped forge our nation's identity. In his speeches, Webster argued that the Constitution was not a compact made by states but an expression of the will of all Americans. As these ideas took root, they influenced future leaders, among them Abraham Lincoln, who drew on them to hold the nation together during the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
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The story of how Daniel Webster popularized the ideals of American nationalism that helped forge our nation's identity and inspire Abraham Lincoln to preserve the Union

When the United States was founded in 1776, its citizens didn't think of themselves as "Americans." They were New Yorkers or Virginians or Pennsylvanians. It was decades later that the seeds of American nationalism-identifying with one's own nation and supporting its broader interests-began to take root. But what kind of nationalism should Americans embrace? The state-focused and racist nationalism of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson? Or the belief that the U.S. Constitution made all Americans one nation, indivisible, which Daniel Webster and others espoused?

In Indivisible , historian and law professor Joel Richard Paul tells the fascinating story of how Webster, a young New Hampshire attorney turned politician, rose to national prominence through his powerful oratory and unwavering belief in the United States and captured the national imagination. In his speeches, on the floors of the House and Senate, in court, and as Secretary of State, Webster argued that the Constitution was not a compact made by states but an expression of the will of all Americans. As the greatest orator of his age, Webster saw his speeches and writings published widely, and his stirring rhetoric convinced Americans to see themselves differently, as a nation bound together by a government of laws, not parochial interests. As these ideas took root, they influenced future leaders, among them Abraham Lincoln, who drew on them to hold the nation together during the Civil War.

As he did in Without Precedent and Unlikely Allies , Joel Richard Paul has written in Indivisible both a compelling history and a fascinating account of one of the founders of our national perspective.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Independence Day 1801 -- Independence Day 1861 -- Independence Day 1812 -- Disunion 1814-1815 -- The Longest Winter 1815-1818 -- Panic 1819 -- The American in the Wilderness 1818-1822 -- Stealing Florida 1818-1822 -- "Leave the continent to us" 1818-1823 -- "The land is not wholly free" 1820-1821 -- "Godlike Daniel" 1824-1825 -- "The corrupt bargain" 1824-1825 -- "Lighthouses of the sky" 1825-1827 -- The Earthquake 1828 -- The Populist Revolt 1829-1839 -- "What is reform?" 1829-1832 -- "Liberty and union" 1830 -- "The magician and his tricks" 1830-1832 -- "A few thousand savages" 1830-1832 -- Nullification 1832 -- "The monster bank" 1833 -- "Van Ruin" 1835-1839 -- "Savage cruelties" 1837-1840 -- Fire on the Falls 1837-1839 -- "His Accidency" 1839-1841 -- "Prepare for war" 1841-1842 -- The Red Line 1841-1842 -- "Manifest Destiny" 1842-1845 -- "Young America" 1836-1850 -- "Fifty-four forty or fight!" 1845-1848 -- "A war of conquest" 1845-1846 -- "Ours is a government of the white man" 1846-1848 -- "Old Rough and Ready" 1847-1850 -- The Compromise 1850 -- Union Without Liberty 1850-1852 -- Will the Union Endure? 1851-1852.

"In Indivisible, historian and law professor Joel Richard Paul tells how Daniel Webster, a young New Hampshire attorney turned politician, rose to national prominence through his powerful oratory and popularized the ideals of American nationalism that helped forge our nation's identity. In his speeches, Webster argued that the Constitution was not a compact made by states but an expression of the will of all Americans. As these ideas took root, they influenced future leaders, among them Abraham Lincoln, who drew on them to hold the nation together during the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.

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