The New Nation 1800-1845 by Charles M. Wiltse

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1964. Hill & Wang.

The first half of the century began with the triumph of Jeffersonian democracy and ended with the specter of civil war. The era of Jefferson and Jackson saw the beginnings and the alliance of southern agrarians and Northern big-city bosses that has dominated the Democratic party ever since; the beginnings of the crusade against slavery; the triumph of laissez-faire capitalism; and the opening up of the West.

Wiltse was Chief Historian of the Army Medical Services.