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Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City Widmer, Edward L. (Lecturer in History of American Civilization, Lecturer in History of American Civilization, Harvard University)
Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City
Widmer, Edward L. (Lecturer in History of American Civilization, Lecturer in History of American Civilization, Harvard University)
This study examines the rise and subsequent disintegration of a US literary-political movement of the 1840s. "Young America" found a mouthpiece in "The Democratic Review", a magazine which had sponsored such writers as Hawthorne and Whitman, and influenced Melville, before the Mexican-American war.
298 pages, 9 halftones, 1 line drawing, bibliography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 25, 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195100501 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 300 |
| Dimensions | 242 × 163 × 22 mm · 590 g |
| Language | English |