American Tyrannies in the Long Age of Napoleon

by Elizabeth Duquette

What if the American experiment is twofold, encompassing both democracy and tyranny? That is the question at the core of this book, which traces some of ways that Americans across the nineteenth century understood the perversions tyranny introduced into both their polity and society. While some informed their thinking with reference to classical texts, which comprehensively consider tyranny's dangers, most drew on a more contemporary source--Napoleon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192899880
• ISBN13: 9780192899880
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.1"