Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-292) and index.
Contents
The old republic and the new: an introduction -- The restoration theme: on Jackson's message -- Venturous conservative: on Tocqueville's image of the democrat -- The great descent: on Cooper and the age of Dodge and Bragg -- Behind the monster: a view of economic processes -- The judges and the judged: a view of economic purposes -- Old hero and sly fox: variations on a theme -- A puritan version: Theodore Sedgwick -- A free-trade version: William Leggett -- A progressive version: Robert Rantoul, Jr. -- A dialogue of parties.
